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The term "game" has a duel meaning in the story. The first meaning is as...

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:57:52 PST

The term "game" has a duel meaning in the story. The first meaning is as a competition between two rivals, and the second is using the term "game" as "prey," or something being hunted. The most dangerous prey, according to Zaroff, is a prey that can think, reason, and respond. This is why Zaroff hunts people- they are the most dangerous prey because of their sense of both survival and logical thinking. Because he hunts people, and because of...

What, according to General Zaroff, is the most dangerous game?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:21:43 PST

What, according to General Zaroff, is the most dangerous game?

The answer to your question is "the book doesn't say." That is a very...

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:44:23 PST

The answer to your question is "the book doesn't say." That is a very unsatisfying answer, isn't it? There are ways around it, though. The text implies certain things about Rainsford, and from them we can arrive at what is probably a good guess at the man's age. Most telling is when the General says: "Dear me, what a righteous young man you are!" So what does this mean? Well, according to Rainsford, the General is "past middle age,...

In the story "The Most Dangerous Game," how old is Rainsford?

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:17:12 PST

In the story "The Most Dangerous Game," how old is Rainsford?

In reply to #2: thankyouu sooo muchh!!:D

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:46:28 PST

In reply to #2: thankyouu sooo muchh!!:D

Sanger Rainsford is not a murderer, and by allowing General Zaroff a...

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:30:22 PST

Sanger Rainsford is not a murderer, and by allowing General Zaroff a chance to survive the hunt, this time as the prey, he keeps his own fair-minded humanity intact--and proves who is the greater of the two hunters.

The Cossacks are a longstanding military arm of primarily Russian and...

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:24:10 PST

The Cossacks are a longstanding military arm of primarily Russian and Ukrainian descent (with Turkish and Polish connections as well). They were primarily cavalry and light infantry soldiers, known for their outstanding fighting abilities as well as for guerilla tactics, pillaging and general repressive ruthlessness. The Cossacks were the most feared of all soldiers by the armies of Napoleon, who called them the finest light troops in the...

How did the Cossacks make General Zaroff the way he is?

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:53:22 PST

i need to know what made him how he is his way o being his way of feeling acting his personality! help mee!:S

A character is more important than the setting because setting usually...

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:06:06 PST

A character is more important than the setting because setting usually remains static. On its own it does not develop but it is usually the playwright who experiments with the setting to achieve his various purposes. On the other hand a character through his acts and speeches helps in the development of the plot. Once a character has been decided, its development and transformation through various stages contributes in moving the plot and...

why is character more important then setting ? andswer using REES

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:31:32 PST

why is character more important then setting ? andswer using REES

Are you searching for this conflict in any text or within a specific...

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:25:59 PST

Are you searching for this conflict in any text or within a specific text? This conflict is relatively easy to locate. What, internally and emotionally, is holding the character back from achieving a goal? For example, if Superman (in the Smallville version) has to give up his personal relationships in order to actualize his true potential, what conflicts might he be suffering through? The fight with ones desires and wants with what one...

What is a good "man vs. self" conflict?

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:01:34 PST

What is a good "man vs. self" conflict?

A Cossack and former general in the Russian Czar's cavalry,...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:14:47 PST

A Cossack and former general in the Russian Czar's cavalry, Zaroff leads a life of luxury and debauchery at his island mansion in Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game." Despite his intentional seclusion, Zaroff is surrounded by only the finest accoutrements. From the exotic heads that line his walls to the fine clothes on his back, Zaroff lives a life fit for a king. And symbolically, he is the unequivocal ruler of...

I assume from your question that you are wondering what the...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:54:41 PST

I assume from your question that you are wondering what the reaction would be from any visitors to Ship-Trap Island following the assumed death of General Zaroff in Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game." I guess if Rainsford was foolish enough to enjoy Zaroff's comfortable bed for too long that some new visitor might question who was responsible for the dead bodies and human remains that must have littered the island....

In "The Most Dangerous Game," General Zaroff is a man who purposely...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:47:15 PST

In "The Most Dangerous Game," General Zaroff is a man who purposely lures ships on to rocks so they can be shipwrecked. When the men from the ships get to his island, he uses them as prey for his hunts. So, what's ironic here is that he's pretending to be very civilized at the same time that he's doing this stuff. He's got a butler, he talks with an aristocratic accent, he tries to act like he's very civilized. But that's ironic because...

What is ironic about the General's insistence upon the 'amenities of...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:42:15 PST

What is ironic about the General's insistence upon the 'amenities of civilization' ?

The son of a wealthy Russian and a former Cossack cavalry commander...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:40:06 PST

The son of a wealthy Russian and a former Cossack cavalry commander under the Czar, the hunting-obsessed General Zaroff is the antagonist in the classic Richard Connell short story, "The Most Dangerous Game." Zaroff has hunted animals all over the world, and his fabulous display of mounted heads is the envy of his surprise guest, Sanger Rainsford. But the most cunning of all wild game no longer interests Zaroff. "Hunting tigers ceased...

What does Zaroff say he has become bored with?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:02:03 PST

What does Zaroff say he has become bored with?

I don't have a copy of the book (just the text online) so I don't know...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:24:50 PST

I don't have a copy of the book (just the text online) so I don't know how the paragraphs are split up in your copy, but here goes: The two words I'd pick (if I had to pick words and not phrases) to describe Rainsford are "bah" and "nonsense". Rainsford uses these words in response to Whitney's attempts to get him to empathize (or at least sympathize) with the prey he intends to hunt. By using these words, Rainsford shows that he is...

In "The Most Dangerous Game," General Zaroff is portrayed as a complete...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:17:04 PST

In "The Most Dangerous Game," General Zaroff is portrayed as a complete savage, albeit one with a veneer of civilized manners overlaying his savagery. Zaroff's savagery is, of course, on full display in his hunting of human beings and his complete lack of any sympathy for them. At the same time, he has some superficial aspects of civilization about him. He has (affects?) aristocratic manners and fancies himself superior to the common run of...