High Noon Compare And Contrast

High Noon was the story of a very brave man, Will Kane played by Gary Cooper, which is giving up his Sheriff position to become a homemaker with him wife. Just when they are leaving to start their new life together, there is news that four outlaws are coming back into town to seek revenge on

In two of the most well-known short stories, “The Most Dangerous Game” and “Young Goodman Brown”, there are ironic similarities portraying evil between their settings, characterization, and plot.

The themes for High Noon and The Most Dangerous Game are vastly different, yet both portray equally important message that we witness in the stories. " Then Amy's gun goes off, and

Human nature is not fully understood and may never be, but as what we know appears in movies and stories many similarities can be found between them. In “The Most Dangerous Game” and High Noon, the setting, protagonists, and plots show close relations.

One characteristic that they share is that they both show fear and they both admit it. They both are scared of the enemy and know they have a chance of dying. Kane admits that he's scared to Harvey in High Noon. "You scared? I guess so."(Fillmore 318). He says it when they had a fist fight that he's scared of Frank and his gang. He also shows his fear when fighting. He fights everyone one by one and making Frank last. However Rainsford shows it by only using traps instead of full on fighting with a knife. He also gets scared from the fact that Zaroff kills humans. "Rainsford stiffly"(Conell 8). This quote shows that he was stiff because of the thought of the crime scene when he first came. Finally, though, they will get to

In High Noon the action is very short. Kane engages in a shoot out with Miller and his goons. However through out the film Kane is given the opportunity to leave, but he wants to finish what he started and stop Miller once and for all. Kane and Rainsford never gave up, and their settings didn't help their cause.

Throughout their lives, people will almost always be required to display admirable traits such as acting courageous in the malevolent face of danger. High Noon, a film, written by Carl Foreman, tells the story of a lone marshal who must fight a deadly battle in a lawless town with all aspects of his life at stake. In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, a renowned hunter is shipwrecked on an island, and forced to survive and fight for his life. Even though the conflicts are different in The Most Dangerous Game and High Noon, both the film and the story share similarities through their settings and protagonists.

Will Kane, the main character in High Noon, and Sanger Rainsford, the main character in "The Most Dangerous Game", both fought their enemies

Near the beginning of High Noon, Will Kane declares, "No. That's what I've been thinking. They're making me run. I never run from anybody before," (Foreman 293) when he leaves town to get away from Frank Miller. This citation shows that Will Kane is brave and faces his problems head on despite being alone when Frank Miller has a whole gang with him.

High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are great stories to read. The setting, plot, and theme of the stories make it feel alive. They provide lots of action and suspense and detail to both of the stories. The setting, plot, and theme of High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are vital to both of the stories, as they compliment it.

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” author Richard Connell expertly exploits foreshadowing and vivid imagery to emphasize danger and suspense. Many authors attempt to do this, but only a small few succeed. Everyone who has stayed up past their bedtime reading a book will tell you, they stayed awake because the book they were reading was filled with suspense. It is suspense that separates the great stories from the good stories. And “The Most Dangerous Game” is definately a great one. By using foreshadowing and utilizing his characters five senses, Connell keeps readers at the edge of their seats, eagerly waiting to find out what comes next.

“ The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees,” stated Rainsford in the famous short story, The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell. Connell’s story is a fictional story about man hunting man. His piece of literature was made into a movie later on, and in the movie Rainsford made a very similar statement. However, there were changes made between the short story and movie. The similarities and differences become clear in both the plot and resolution. Although the the literary work and motion picture have much in common, they are also quite different.

Similarly, the ticking clocks throughout the film symbolize the intensity and urgency of Kane as he tries to figure out a plan without anyone to turn to. This culminates in the final scene before Miller arrives, as the camera rapidly switches to closeups of nearly every character. The weight of everyone's judgment seems to bear down on Kane’s shoulders as the closeups end on him, and the tension is finally broken by the universal shriek of the noon train whistle. However emotional, weak, or human he is displayed, Kane still holds the title of a hero as despite all of the backlash towards him, he does not back down to the whistle call for justice. With the film's complete flip on Western and American culture, “High Noon” conveys the theme of the anti-Western with its untraditional main protagonist Will Kane, and yet is also part anti-American with his relationship to his malevolent town.

The setting of a story plays a vital role when considering the overall outlook to which that story has to offer. In short stories, the setting can be much more significant due to the fact time has been reduced for the reader. In “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the setting for which each story is written are completely opposite. This paper will critique the setting of both stories and show how the setting presents the writer’s intentions.

E. Thesis statement- “The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game” are both stories that are uniquely different by the tone and format; however, they both have conflicts that the ending results lead to death.