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Who is Clare Quilty?
Kind of Activity:
Group Work
Objective:
Students will track clues to a mysterious character that have been placed throughout the novel.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3
Structure:
At this point in the novel, it should be fairly clear that someone is following Humbert and Dolores around. Diligent readers may even pick up on the fact that it is Clare Quilty himself, who we first meet as Humbert flips through a "Who's Who" book in his prison cell. As Quilty will become a very important part of the story in Part Two, it is helpful for students to have an idea of who he is as they approach the novel's halfway point. For this...
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