Comparing Suspense In Cask Of Amontillado And The Most Dangerous Game

Suspense: The Upheld of Poe vs. Connell The suspense in “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Most Dangerous Game” are very simple but also very different. Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, is about a man, Montresor, who lures Fortunato, a man who has done Montresor wrong, into catacombs and soon kills him. Equally important, Richard Edward Connell Jr.’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, involves big game hunters, Rainsford and General Zaroff, although it takes a turn when General Zaroff remains the hunter and Rainsford becomes the Huntee. Between these two stories, Connell shows and uses more suspense than Poe does. He shows more details that help build up the suspense, and add excitement. It also has different types of suspense that makes it altogether better.
In an outside source, Patricia Jermey states, “This novel contains many elements sure to appeal: wilderness survival, mystery, adventure, technological savvy, and life-threatening suspense. In 1924, Richard Connell published a short story entitled “The Most Dangerous Game” (Jermey 24). The way Connell adds suspense in this story, really makes your heart rush as you are reading it. Likewise, “The Most Dangerous Game” quotes, “Rainsford’s impulse was to hurl himself down like a panther, but he saw that the general’s right hand held something metallic--a small automatic pistol” (Connell 231). The suspense Connell uses makes the story interesting, and makes it hard to stop reading because you want to know what happens next. The suspense throughout the story is exciting; it also has a surprising type of suspense that is really eye