Presentatoin Day 1

Group 1 Presentation

I really liked how each person played a character from a Nabokov book, and how the different scenes were meant to be Nabokov's thoughts while he was writing on his note cards. I thought that it was really creative, as well as funny. Each person did a good job of portraying the character that they were supposed to be. My favorite one had to have been the portrayal of drunken Shade, since we all know that he has an alcohol problem. The back and forth portrayal of the scene between Humbert and Quilty in the enchanted hunters was really funny as well, and that is quite possibly my favorite scene in the book simple because of its humour.

Group 2 Presentation

I thought that group 2's presentation was really creative as well. The characters of Dolores (Lolita), Humbert, Kinbote, Quilty and Hazel Shade were all played and brought together in a talk show like setting. Kinbote's bit was obviously hilarious because he is so full of himself and has something to say about everything. Hazel Shade's character was quite interesting, and creepy, as well. The fact that they included Vivian Darkbloom (ie Vladimir Nabokov) as the interviewer was clever. A discovery that they included that I found interesting as well was the comparison of each character to a character in Greek mythology. Lolita was compared to Persephone because both girls were raped, and although crude, it was funny when she said, "Well at least I get some!" Of course Kinbote compared himself to Zeus, the almighty king of the Gods.

Group 3

That was ours