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Difference Between Montresor And General Zaroff
Garrett Culbert
Oct 22 2014
Block: B7

Montresor vs. Zaroff

There is a lot of simalaritys and difference between the two characters, M0ntresor in the cask of allmontiallo and General Zaroff in the most dangerous game. Montresor had his murder all planned out includeing every small detail. General Zaroff had never even planned on killing Rainsford because rainsford appeared out of nowhere to him and Zaroff wanted to hunt with Rainsford not hunt him. The reason Zaroff wanted to hunt Rainsford was because Rinsford refused to hunt with him.

Montresor is more careful then Zaroff. was helping his victim and also offered to go back up the catacomb but Allmontiado refused. They went down in the tunnel until he ferrered him up and put brick
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