1. Painting Overview - American Gothic
Set in the 1970s, Lolita portrays the love of a middle-aged man, Mr. ... Humbert falls in love with an innocent girl who is about his age. ... Humbert's perception of beauty did not mature with the rest of him; he viewed beauty as innocence. ...
I will use the Cycle of Human Experience to dissect Sylvia's coming of age story, by documenting her experiences as they relate to the points in the cycle. ... She becomes aware of him when she hears his whistle, which symbolizes the taking away of innocence. ... In this work the male stranger, "the enemy" intimidates Sylvia with his age, demands and his shotgun, which is the recurring phallic symbol in this story. ... She also wanted to portray that it didn't matter the age of the woman because they were all ill-treated the same by men from children to adults. Even though she u...