...In “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell creates a surprising ending by building up suspense on how Rainsford will get out off of Ship Trap Island. One way this is done is in the begining of the story, General Zaroff offers to Rainsford to see his newest collection of heads it was almost an alarm in Rainsford’s brain that there was something off about Zaroff. “I want to show you my new collection of heads. Will you come with me to the libray?’ ‘I hope,’ Said Rainsford, ‘ that you will excuse me tonight, General Zaroff. I’m really not feeling well.’” Rainsford was nervous about getting to know General Zaroff even more after learning about the new big game. It add suspense making us think about the possibility of Zaroff allowing Rainsford...
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...The short stories, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe,” both are suspenseful. Both authors used suspense to slow time and create a sense of danger. Suspense can be felt in the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” when General Zaroff is hunting Rainsford. Rainsford is in a tree hiding when the narrator says, “The general’s eyes had left the ground and were traveling inch by inch up the tree”(Connell 32). The reader can feel the sense of danger because Zaroff is hunting Rainsford and if Rainsford gets spotted he will be killed. The reader senses time passing while Zaroff’s eyes go “inch by inch” up the tree. You feel the time passing because each inch is later that much closer to Rainsford...
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...The Hunter Games When a man goes from feeling completely in control as a hunter to feeling the vulnerability of the hunted he may do things he never thought he would. Sangar Rainsford is a master big game hunter who lives for the hunt. Never before has Rainsford given any thought as to how his prey may feel, he only thinks and knows the ways of a hunter. Similarly General Zaroff lives for the hunt just as Rainsford, he is quite a skilled hunter perhaps even better. Many would easily say without a second thought the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," written by Richard Connell, is either completely commercial or completely literary. However, considering the emphasis on philosophy, logic vs reason, danger, and fear one can see the classic is a combination of both. "The Most Dangerous Game" could most certainly be read solely for entertainment purposes due to its constant plot twists making this story a commercial fiction. All throughout this short story suspense plays a huge roll in making this commercial. Suspense can be seen the first morning of the game, "The generals' eyes had left the ground and were traveling inch by inch up the tree. Rainsford froze there, every muscle tensed for a spring" (23). The suspense in this moment is off the charts. Rainsford is laying in a tree praying he isn't spotted, and as the general slowly glances up the tree he stops right before he notices him and smiles. Readers love moments of extreme suspense, it has the readers on the edge...
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...Readers are intrigued by danger, suspense and the thrill of a story. In “ The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell the short story proves danger, suspense and thrill add to a story. General Zaroff, character of the famous short story, is a Russian Cossack and expatriate who lives on Ship-Trap Island and enjoys hunting men. Unfortunately, Sanger Rainsford, the main character is getting hunted by General; this is the main conflict. General Zaroff is an aggressive, uncivilized and confident man, Richard Connell proves he is the antagonist of this short narrative. “The Most Dangerous Game” proves General Zaroff is an aggressive individual an example of this proves in the short story: “ When I shot some of his prized turkeys with it, he did not punish me; he complimented me on my marksmanship. I killed my first bear in the...
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...Is the book better the movie, or is it vice versa? It is common to see a popular literary work to have a screen adaptation or movie. More often than not, alterations and modifications are made for the screen. Many of these renditions are made to appeal to the audience's’ liking. Yet, in many cases, these modifications stray away from the author’s intentions for the story. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is a popular short story that has a 1932 film adaptation directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel. This 1932 rendition, is the first film adaptation of the short story from 1924. There are several obvious differences, as characters have been added and certain scenes that deviate from the original plot of the short story....
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...In literature, conflict is always important. In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, there are many examples of conflict portrayed throughout the story. A few examples given are man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. self. One of the most well represented conflicts in “The Most Dangerous Game” is man vs. man. This is shown when Zaroff is hunting Rainsford. Rainsford also fought with Whitney about hunting jaguars. While on the ship, Rainsford asked, “Who cares about how the jaguar feels?” Whitney replied, “Perhaps the jaguar does.” This started an argument between the two. Both of these conflicts show two people arguing or fighting. Another example of conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game” is man vs. nature. When Rainsford falls...
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...! “The Most Dangerous Game”: Discovering the Definition of Humanity Society defines a human to be a civilized being: having appropriate clothing, manners, and many other things that the Europeans thought were necessary for a cultivated person. Everybody else that didn’t fit the description was a savage or someone treated as a dog. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, Rainsford, a well educated and experienced hunter, falls off his yacht and swims to an island where a man hunts people for sport. Through the use of imagery, irony, and suspense, Connell explores the idea that being humane is more than just having civilized behavior. Imagery allows the reader to get a feel what Rainsford went through while on the evil feeling island. At first the general appears to be a very civilized and dignified man with items such as “a gold cigarette case and.... a long black cigarette with a silver tip; it was perfumed and gave off a smell like incense”(Connell 25). Rainsford is tricked by the material items up until the point where Zaroff suggests the hunting of humans as a sport. The General believes that having the the cigarettes and nice house makes it ok to murder other humans. Zaroff also believes the setting he lives in and the items he uses justifies the murder of hundreds of people. His dining room “suggested a baronial hall of feudal times with it oaken panels, its high ceiling, its vast refectory tables where two score men could sit down to eat...the table appointments...
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...There are many suspenseful moments in the “Most Dangerous Game” but the most suspenseful moments in my opinion are when the sailors had a cautious behavior while near Ship Trap Island, Zaroff hunting Rainsford, and Rainsford jumping off the cliff. Suspense in a book can help the reader stay intrested in the story and keep on reading it. The first suspenseful moment in the story was when the sailors were acting weird around Ship Trap Island. This is suspenseful because the sailors know that there is something bad around that island but they don’t know what is going to happen. This is also suspenseful to the reader because the reader doesn’t know if anything is going to happen to the ship. Another suspenseful moment in “The Most Dangerous Game”...
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...In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell uses characterization to build suspense. The personality difference between the protagonist, Rainsford, and the antagonist, General Zaroff, drives the plot. In the beginning, Rainsford is a confident hunter who cannot imagine what it would be like to be hunted. He asks Whitney, “Who cares how a jaguar feels?’"(144). This establishes Rainsford as a cocky hunter who focuses on himself only, viewing the world as divided into two classes, “the hunters and the huntees,” and seeing himself only as a hunter (145). Rainsford, whose hunting skills have been publicized, only imagines being the one to pull the trigger. Not only does Connell foreshadow the events to come, but he also uses irony because he will put Rainsford on the receiving end when Rainsford becomes the “huntee.”...
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...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...
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...“The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game” Fiction: Essay ENGL 102 Composition and Literature Liberty University Professor Rachel Downie 201540 Fall 2015 ENGL 102-D27 OUTLINE I. Introduction: a. Thesis Statement: Through scenery and characterization in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the violence in human nature is put to the test with what is right and what has become tradition. II. The Scenery: a. Scenery of lottery is so serene, peaceful, and beautiful compared to what is going to happen. b. Compare scenery of “Most Dangerous Game” with “The Lottery” c. Discuss how these two set the scene for two events that take place III. Characterization: a. Discuss the attitude of the village in “The Lottery” b. Discuss the attitude of General Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous Game” c. How these two attitudes go together and also go against each other IV. Human Nature: a. Human nature in “The Lottery” b. Human nature in “The Most Dangerous Game” c. Human nature in general V. Conclusion: a. Biblical Perspective of both stories b. Final Thoughts The cold wintery nights in contrast with the character Tiny Tim from “A Christmas Carol,” Nemo’s dad in contrast to the vast ocean and entirely too large of a world in the movie Finding Nemo, Adam and Eve in that radiant garden of Eden. All of these characterizations wildly contrast with...
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...with the booby traps so fast and they were efficient and they worked. (a) The most dangerous game, according to Zaroff, is to hunt human beings. (b) I do not think Zaroff is civilized because he is hunting real life humans beings. I don’t believe a civilized person would casually hunt a human. It’s not civilized behavior. (a) Rainsfords feels that hunting animals is acceptable. Because he doesn’t care how the animal feels once he kills it. He doesn’t feel guilty. (b) Rainsford doesn’t approve of Zaroff's hunting method. Because he is hunting people and Rainsford believes it’s murder, while Zaroff views it as a sport. That nothing is wrong with...
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...People use literary devices in their everyday conversations whether they notice it or not. Sometimes people will exaggerate, compare their situations to something else, or hint towards something. For example if someone wanted a necklace for their birthday they might talk about how their neck feels empty and how they love necklaces, so their friends could take a hint. Similarly, authors use literary devices in writing to convey the same thing. A couple examples of literary devices are hyperbole, simile, and foreshadowing. Richard Connell uses literary devices such as irony, foreshadowing, and imagery in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” to add an effective message. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” the author, Richard...
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...In the Short story “Most Dangerous Game”, The only survivor from a crashed ship, a man named Rainsford crawls onto land of an Island that traps ships and makes them crash and if there are any survivors they find a house where the owner is named Zaroff. First, The Hunter in the story are General Zaroff and Rainsford, they both enjoy hunting big game. But they have one difference and this difference prevents Rainsford from hunting with Zaroff. “What you speak of is murder!” said Rainsford to Zaroff. Because Zaroff tells Rainsford that hunting was beginning to bore him. Then he invites Rainsford to hunt a new prey of Zaroff, but Rainsford wouldn’t do it. Second, Once Rainsford declined to go hunting with Zaroff, Zaroff told him that he could...
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...Thriller Research Michelle Cheng http://thescriptlab.com/screenplay/genre/thriller Movie genre: Thriller * Is a genre that revolves around anticipation and suspense * The aim for thrillers is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. * The protagonist in these films is set against a problem- an escape, a mission, or a mystery * No matter what sub-genre a thriller film falls into, it will ALWAYS emphasize the danger that the protagonist faces. The tension with the main problem is built on throughout the film and leads to a highly stressful climax Examples of Thriller Films: * The Great Escape: A large group of POW’s plan an escape from a German camp in WW2 * The Silence of the Lambs: An FBI agent develops relationship with the notorious serial killer in order to fain his assistance in the hunt for another serial killer * North By Northwest: Mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies, an advertising agent travels cross-country trying to survive. Sub-Genres of Thriller: * Action: uses physical action to create suspense. (Die Hard, Kill Bill Vol,1, The Bourne Identity ) * Crime: incorporates the suspenseful aspects of a thriller with a crime plot. (Jagged Edge) * Film-Noir: stylistic type of crime-drama or thriller that was popular in 1940-1950. Is characterized by a black and white style with stark lighting effects. Main character is usually a cynical hero. (Sunset...
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