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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
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
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...
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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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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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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...
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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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...
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On the third day of being hunted by General Zaroff throughout Ship-Trap Island, the general closes in on Rainsford, who is forced to fashion a trap that he learned to make in Uganda. Fortunately,...
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There are many literary devices used in Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game". 1. The following quote contains personification (the giving of human characteristics to nonhuman/nonliving...
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In his deadly game with General Zaroff, Rainsford is motivated primarily by the need to survive. For the first time in his long, illustrious career as a big-game hunter, he's discovered what it's...
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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 Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," Ship-Trap Island is situated in the Caribbean sea. The "old Swede," Captain Nielsen, who steers the ship on which Whitney and Rainsford...
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That's a good question. There isn't any textual evidence that directly tells readers why Rainsford doesn't simply shoot Zaroff in the back from a concealed location. I think one possible reason...
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General Zaroff inhabits the mysterious Ship-Trap Island in "The Most Dangerous Game," known by sailors for the dangerous waters that surround it. The island is located somewhere in the Caribbean...
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Let's start with the similarities. First, General Zaroff and Rainsford are hunters. They both love the hunt, and both men are accomplished veterans. We can say that hunting runs in their veins. We...
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Readers can find the answer to this question early in the story. Sanger Rainsford is talking to Whitney. Readers enter the story in the middle of the conversation, and Whitney is pointing out an...
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"The Most Dangeous Game" by Richard Connell is a fascinating story about high stakes hunting. The hunter becomes the hunted in a macabre game played by men. When Sanger Rainsford accidentally ends...
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The Most Dangerous Game
The cause of Rainsford's change is that he goes from being the hunter to being the hunted. At the beginning of the story, Rainsford shows zero care for the animals that he hunts. He feels that the...
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On the first day of the game of wits, Rainsford seeks much distance between him and his predator. After making loopings like a fox, Rainsford rests like a cat in a tree. Zaroff follows the trail...
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There could certainly be said to be a question of ethics in Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” Whether there is a political message there is another matter. Because of...
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Short Answer: After making an elaborate trail for the general to follow, Rainsford climbs a tree and rests on its branches throughout the night. Once the most dangerous game begins, Sanger...
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Unquestionably, there is irony in the responses of Rainsford, both to Whitney and to General Zaroff. For, unknown to Rainsford, his developing feelings later in the story contradict both of his...
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Rainsford is a very intelligent and curious man, but he can also behave very foolishly. He has a strong sense of personal morality. He is also physically strong, cunning, and a talented hunter...
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The contention can be made that General Zaroff is, in fact, a dynamic character because he undergoes a change in his outlook on two occasions. When Zaroff describes his dangerous game to Sanger...
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In this scene, Rainsford tells General Zaroff that he refuses to participate in the most dangerous game and demands to leave the island at once. During their first meal together, Rainsford is...
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A simile is a comparison of two dissimilar things that share similar characteristics, as if they were the same—using "like" or "as" in the comparison. For example, "You are the sunshine of my...
