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The Most Dangerous Game
Suspense is key to the impact the story makes to the reader. The title itself says that suspense should ensue because this "game" is a dangerous one. The reader is kept on the edge of his...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Through the conversation that opens "The Most Dangerous Game," Richard Connell quickly establishes the menacing character of Ship-Trap Island via the rumors surrounding the locale. Later, the...
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The Most Dangerous Game
The point at which Zaroff decides to make Rainsford his quarry is kept deliberately uncertain, as it is a major factor in creating suspense in the middle of the story. It is perfectly possible that...
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The Most Dangerous Game
There is quite a contrast between how Rainsford feels about hunting and how Whitney feels. Consider this conversation. "The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford."For the hunter," amended...
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The Most Dangerous Game
The plot for any story is the series of events that increases the intensity of the conflict until the end reveals who wins. Since the conflict is actually the struggle between opposing forces and...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Rainsford and Zaroff share a few common traits, but as the story works toward its climax, they differ more and more. In common, Rainsford and Zaroff both have an immense interest in the sport of...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Both General Zaroff and Rainsford are sportsmen who have an affinity for hunting wild game. They are both accomplished hunters and enjoy tracking down exotic, dangerous, difficult animals to hunt....
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The Most Dangerous Game
During their first meal together, General Zaroff and Rainsford become acquainted, and Zaroff begins explaining to his guest his passion for hunting. General Zaroff elaborates on his numerous...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Shortly after Rainsford arrives at General Zaroff's palatial chateau, he dines with the general and learns about Zaroff's background and motivation for living on the reclusive Ship-Trap Island....
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The Most Dangerous Game
In "The Most Dangerous Game," the antagonist, Zaroff, is something of an enigma. He is completely possessed by a sense of social propriety and puts a profound emphasis on appearing proper,...
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The Most Dangerous Game
One would like to think that Rainsford has at least gained some empathy for animals from his traumatic experiences, some insight into what it feels like to be hunted. But the evidence from the text...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Probably the principal theme of the story is the connection between all living beings, regardless of their intelligence or power. Rainsford begins by judging the animals he hunts as lacking...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Shortly after Sanger Rainsford successfully wounds General Zaroff using the Malay mancatcher, the general walks back to his chateau to dress his wounds and Rainsford begins running in the opposite...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Author Richard Connell does create a clever play on words in the double-meaning title of "The Most Dangerous Game." In one sense, the hunting of human beings is a new type of game--a...
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The Most Dangerous Game
In Connell's celebrated short story "The Most Dangerous Game," the maniacal General Zaroff resides on Ship-Trap Island, where he mercilessly hunts defenseless humans. At the beginning of the story,...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Late last evening, Sanger Rainsford, a big game hunter from New York City, came ashore at a small village in South America. Rainsford claims he escaped from an island, which sailors call...
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The Most Dangerous Game
In "The Most Dangerous Game," protagonist Sanger Rainsford goes from being a professional hunter to a huntee after an unfortunate yachting accident. At dinner with General Zaroff, Rainsford is...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Rainsford’s perspective on hunting does shift when he becomes the hunted instead of the hunter. At the beginning of the story, Rainsford is on a boat headed for Rio and a hunting trip up the...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff, and he's literally running for his life. In genuine fear for his life Rainsford needs to stay switched on, needs to keep his wits about him. But that's...
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The Most Dangerous Game
In literature, the human condition is the thing that connects us. From reader to character, from novel to the world, the human condition is a universal truth that removes race, gender, religion,...
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The Most Dangerous Game
General Zaroff is depicted as a maniacal murderer who ruthlessly hunts defenseless humans throughout his island for fun. He is initially portrayed as a civilized, intelligent man with a palate for...
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The Most Dangerous Game
During Sanger Rainsford's first dinner with General Zaroff, the general explains to him that he hunts defenseless humans throughout Ship-Trap Island for sport. Rainsford responds by calling Zaroff...
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The Most Dangerous Game
The foreshadowing begins early in the story. Whitney, Rainsford friend, tells him that the name of the island is "Ship Trap Island" and sailors are very nervous about it. The ship's captain has...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Verbal irony occurs when a character says one thing but means the opposite. It is sometimes joined with an ironic tone of voice and expressions. One example of verbal irony is when the antagonist...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Given that hunting—whether of humans or of animals—constitutes a major part of the book's action it's not surprising that blood and the color red should be important symbols. They symbolize death,...
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The Most Dangerous Game
At the beginning of the story, Rainsford has a casual conversation about hunting with Whitney, where he expresses his philosophy on life. Rainsford tells Whitney, The world is made up of two...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Toward the end of the story, there's a reference to Marcus Aurelius, who, as well as being a Roman emperor, was a Stoic philosopher. The Stoics believed, among other things, in controlling one's...
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The Most Dangerous Game
The answer to this question depends on individual readers. I can see how a reader might think that the dialogue might seem unnatural, stiff, and/or awkward. None of the characters are given...
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The Most Dangerous Game
In Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game, a hunter named Rainsford washes up on the island of General Zaroff, a Russian hunter who lets human beings loose on his private island in order to...
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The Most Dangerous Game
There are both external and internal conflicts in "The Most Dangerous Game." . The external conflicts are: Man against Nature: Rainsford struggles against the sea after he falls from the yacht...
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The Most Dangerous Game
EXPOSITION. We learn about Rainsford's hunting prowess and his newest expedition to South America, where his yacht is headed while passing through Caribbean waters. RISING ACTION. Rainsford is...
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The Most Dangerous Game
This is a good question. In the beginning of the story, Rainsford gives his philosophy of life. There are hunters and huntees. He says to his friend these words: "Nonsense," laughed Rainsford....
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The Most Dangerous Game
This is a story about one man, Rainsford, being hunted by another: General Zaroff. The story takes place on an island, and in the given passage, Rainsford appears trapped at the edge of the...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Immediately after the gates surrounding Zaroff's chateau shut behind Sanger Rainsford, he panics and attempts to put as much distance from himself and Zaroff's estate as possible. Rainsford is...
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The Most Dangerous Game
"Chekhov's gun" is a literary concept that says that every single element of a story should contribute to the whole. Another way of saying this would be that everything that is introduced in a...
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The Most Dangerous Game
The mood of this famous story is ominous and suspenseful, primarily because of the setting and plot. Rainsford initially thinks he swims to safety after falling off the yacht, but he arrives on an...
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The Most Dangerous Game
To examples of foreshadowing in “The Most Dangerous Game” are the name of the island, “Ship-trap Island,” and the conversation between Rainsford and Whitney about whether or not animals have...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Figurative language is essentially comparison; the idea is to give the reader a better grasp on something by giving it a common point of reference. Comparing a woman to a summer's day, for example....
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The Most Dangerous Game
During Sanger Rainsford's first meal with General Zaroff, the general tells him that he hunts humans throughout his island. Rainsford is appalled by Zaroff's confession and calls the general a...
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The Most Dangerous Game
There are type types of characterizations in literature: direct and indirect characterizations. With direct characterizations, an author provides the reader with a very specific description of a...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Imagery is the creative way that an author uses the five senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Authors use imagery to help readers draw from outside experiences with their senses in order...
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The Most Dangerous Game
The most significant metaphor in the story is the hunter versus the hunted. A metaphor is when an idea stands for something else. The biggest extended metaphor in the story is voiced by Rainsford...
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The Most Dangerous Game
While Zaroff and Rainsford are having dinner, Zaroff explains why hunting has become so boring to him. He says, "Simply this: hunting had ceased to be what you call a 'sporting proposition.' It had...
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The Most Dangerous Game
A great example of personification in "The Most Dangerous Game" occurs early in the story, when Rainsford is "trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its...
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The Most Dangerous Game
General Zaroff seems to have an overwhelming advantage during the most dangerous game. General Zaroff is armed with a gun and can use his trained hunting dogs to track down Sanger Rainsford. Zaroff...
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The Most Dangerous Game
The rising action is a series of significant events that increase the tension of the story, introduce the conflict, and build suspense. The rising action also takes place after the exposition and...
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The Most Dangerous Game
The double meaning of the word game in Richard Connell's short story entitled "The Most Dangerous Game" pertains to both animals that are hunted and to a type of activity that involves challenges...
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The Most Dangerous Game
General Zaroff is someone whose entire life is defined by his excellence as a hunter. As he himself tells Rainsford, God makes some men poets. Some He makes kings, some beggars. Me He made a...
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The Most Dangerous Game
Chance or coincidence plays a large role in that Rainsford happened to fall of his boat, and happened to be a famous hunter. Chance or coincidence do seem to play a role in this story. The first...
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The Most Dangerous Game
There are several ways unfortunate individuals can land on the menacing Ship-Trap Island. Sanger Rainsford accidentally falls off a yacht sailing past the nearby island and is forced to swim toward...
