As the great author Richard Connell once said “sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing--with wavelengths, just as sound and light have. An evil place can, so to speak, broadcast vibrations of evil. Connell and Browning use characterization and imagery to show mankind can become so attached to something or someone that they could become psychotic.
General Zaroff shows imagery by talking about his house on his island and saying that nobody shall leave. Connell uses the characterization of Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous Game” to show how hunting turned him into who he is now, very psychotic.”if anyone should try to get into my house-or out of it-something extremely regrettable would occur to him. He hummed a snatch of song from the folies bergere.”(Connell P#36) This quote proves how absolutely psychotic General Zaroff really was especially with killing/hunting.Zaroff has a lot of characterization that is used on him by Connell such as him being a hunter and how “his whole life is hunting.” In this quote Zaroff shows kind of what hunting is to him. “My whole life has been one prolonged …show more content…
Whats happening in this qoute is the man being confused about him and “Porphyria's Love” and how he should handle it. “I found a thing to do, and all her hair in one long yellow string I wound three times her little throat around, and strangled her.”(Browning, Page # 1) This detail shows lots of characterization here showing how the character is very confused in being in love with “Porphyria”. The imagery in “Porphyria's lover” really sets the mood and gives a great setting. The rain set early in tonight, the sullen wind was soon awake, it tore the elm tops down for spite, and did its worst to vex the lake.” (Browning, Page # 1) This supports my thesis because it shows the imagery and the imagery creates lots of