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    and Montresor are exceptionally clever men with mischievous minds‚ and exploit tools of deception to toy with their enemies. Zaroff rouses Rainsford by presenting their battle as “a game worth playing. Your brain against mine… Your strength and stamina against mine‚” and presented the game as “outdoor chess”(Connell 7). On the other hand‚ Montresor tricks Fortunato by “accosting him with excessive warmth‚ for Fortunato had been drinking much”(Poe 1). In both stories‚ Zaroff and Montresor want to

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    The Most Dangerous Game 1. General Zaroff is not a credible character at all. He is the opposite and beyond evil. General hunts people and calls it a sport. That shows us his negative actions. Secondly General things that its alright for him to destroy the weak for his own pleasure. As he states “Life is for the strong‚ to be lived by the strong‚ and if need be‚ taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong why should I not use my

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    “The Most Dangerous Game” Essay Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff are very alike in some ways. Both want to have the upper hand in an argument or situation. In the beginning of “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Zaroff has the upper hand as he knows the terrain and has a threatening bodyguard. He allowed Rainsford to eat and stay at his château after he fell overboard. At the end of the story‚ Rainsford has the upper hand as he won “the game”‚ surprises Zaroff‚ and forces Zaroff to play the game he forced

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    2015 Argumentative Essay “The Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff’s overconfidence and his underestimation of Rainsford prove fatal in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”. When the hunter becomes the hunted‚ Rainsford’s opinion of murder changes. He becomes determined to survive. There are several times in the story when survival becomes murder. The attempts from Rainsford to survive are cold‚ calculated killing. In the beginning of “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Rainsford is an avid hunter

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    verion of The Most Dangerous Game to the story. I will be telling what was the same ‚ and what was different . By comparing and contrasting the story to the movie. I will be addressing these similarities and differences in three catigories characters ‚ events ‚ and setting of the Most Dangerous Game. I will talk about each of the catigories in three separate paragraphs. And I will be comparing the movie to the story and the story to the movie. I also will state how they potrea

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    I believe Richard Connell used descriptive writing techniques very effectively in his short story‚ The Most Dangerous Game. Connell uses varying descriptive phrases to avoid repetition‚ as chapter two teaches us about. An example of such a technique is on page 69‚ when Rainsford hears the gunshots while standing on the ship. It mentions the darkness multiple times‚ yet every time it is described in a different way. Later this is seen on page 70. This describes the dense jungle in many different ways

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    “To Build a Fire” and “The Most Dangerous Game” Part A. In the story “To Build a Fire” it provides a great amount of writing devices‚ such as: Foreshadowing - to show or indicate beforehand; omen or warning. 1. The behavior of the dog represents foreshadowing‚ how it uses it’s instincts to survive the weather and stray from “danger” 2. The terrible cold. It says several times in the story “Fifty degrees below zero” over and over again‚ a human being can only survive so long alone in the cold

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    “The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ is a narrative about Mr. Sanger Rainsford‚ a celebrated hunter‚ who finds himself on a secluded island after falling overboard a yacht. Rainsford locates a large building on the island and meets General Zaroff‚ who invites him to rest and replenish his health in his home. After Zaroff explains that he also enjoys hunting‚ he also reveals that he has discovered a new‚ more dangerous animal to hunt: humans. Zaroff forces Rainsford to become the hunted

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    The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell is a very debatable story and is very much open to question in the fact that some may believe that Rainsford becomes or for that matter‚ does not become the next general of Ship Trap Island. Some may believe that Rainsford has taken on the qualities of General Zaroff; psychotic and insane. However‚ others may believe that Rainsford is acting only out of self- defense. I‚ personally believe that Rainsford does not become the next general of Ship Trap Island

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    going to be hunted each day until the hunter succeeds. Its life is in jeopardy. This is exactly how Rainsford feels when he is hunted by General Zaroff. Suspense‚ setting‚ and irony make Richard Connell’s "The Most Dangerous Game" an electrifying short story. Suspense is a major element in this story. Without it‚ the reader will get bored. After Rainsford finds out that Zaroff has "invented" a new game‚ all the readers get curious of what that new hunt is. When Zaroff reveals his sick way of hunting

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