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jessicarasco2
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High School - 9th Grade

What are the traps that Rainsford puts up for General Zaroff in "The Most Dangerous Game"?

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Posted by jessicarasco2 on Tuesday October 21, 2008 at 6:30 PM and tagged with rainsford, the most dangerous game, traps, zaroff.

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  1. dbrooks22
    dbrooks22 Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

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    Rainsford sets three traps for General Zaroff. Rainsford’s first trap is a Maylay man-catcher. He sets up a dead tree so that it will fall and hit Zaroff. Zaroff, however, sees the tree and manages to dodge it, receiving only a shoulder wound. When Zaroff goes to get his wound attended to, Rainsford flees and finds himself on the part of the island that has quicksand. He quickly digs a pit a few feet from the quicksand and puts sharpened sticks in the bottom. He then covers the pit with “a rough carpet of weeds and branches.” This Burmese tiger pit is effective because it kills one of Zaroff’s best dogs. The third trap Rainsford makes quickly because Zaroff is not far behind him. He ties his knife to a sapling. He ties the sapling back with some vine. This trap is also effective because when it is triggered, it hits and kills Ivan, Zaroff’s servant.

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    Posted by dbrooks22 on Tuesday October 21, 2008 at 7:18 PM

  2. mwestwood
    mwestwood Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

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    Maybe there is yet another trap: The final trap is the escaping of Rainsford to hide behind the curtains and spring into Zaroff's view just as the general prepares to lie in his bed, trapping him into a duel, the final game.

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    Posted by mwestwood on Tuesday October 21, 2008 at 7:22 PM

  3. devmurr
    devmurr Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    we read this in my school a little while ago. There are four traps in the story. The first is called The Fox Hunt. That's when Rainsford loops his track like a fox does to throw off Zaroff because he is following his tracks. The second one is called The Maylay Mancatcher. That's when he positions a tree to fall on Zaroff, but it only injures his shoulder. The third trap is called, Burmese Tiger pit. That's when he makes a pit and put sharpened sticks at the bottom and cover the pit with leaves. This doesn't kill Zaroff, but it does kill one of his best tracking dogs. The fourth and final trap is called the Uganda Knife Trick. This is when he attaches a knife to a branch and when you step on the trip wire it releases, stabbing you. Again, this doesnt kill Zaroff but it does kill his servant Ivan.

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    Posted by devmurr on Sunday May 31, 2009 at 2:14 PM