The Most Dangerous Game Group

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santora
santora
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In "The Most Dangerous Game," are the characters consistent to their character profile?

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Posted by santora on Wednesday February 25, 2009 at 9:05 PM and tagged with character, rainsford, the most dangerous game, zaroff.

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  1. parkerlee
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    There are many surprises in this story, but character profile "eclipses" are not part of them. Both Rainsford and Zaroff are fairly consistent to what we expect of them, although Rainsford proves to be the more inventive and cunning of the two in the end. But since he is the hero of the story, this is no state secret, either!

    Characters which do not change throughout the story line are called flat characters; if they represent preconceived ideas of types of people, they are stereotypes. If they represent in an exaggerated way specific aspects of human nature, they are archetypes.

    There is a very interesting essay on the profiles of Rainsford and Zaroff, each foils of the other, at the following enote reference. If you are intrigued by these characters, I'm sure you will enjoy this article.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/most-dangerous/adventure-genre

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    Posted by parkerlee on Saturday February 28, 2009 at 1:04 PM