Suspense In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Hunting big game animals for sport was a popular pastime with the wealthy classes following World War I. The morality of killing for sport was not questioned in reality, but in this short story the author does question it by taking it a step further and having the protagonist, Sangor Rainsford, hunted by the antagonist, General Zaroff.In a short story full of irony, one of the greatest ironies of Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is that General Zaroff repeatedly tells Rainsford that he maintains a sense of civilization on his island.

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” author Richard Connell uses foreshadowing to expose General Zaroff as a dangerous cannibal and a savage to readers. The author uses repetition to emphasize and foreshadow the possibility of cannibalism and peril on the ominous island. In the beginning of the story, Rainsford believes that the island is inhabited by cannibals: “‘The place has a reputation-- a bad one.’ ‘Cannibals?’ suggested Rainsford. ‘Hardly. Even cannibals wouldn’t live in such a God-forsaken place’” (Connell 2). The author uses this conversation to foreshadow that there is danger lurking on the island, maybe even something more hazardous than cannibals. Another literary technique the author uses to show that General Zaroff practices

n the story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, it is very hard to miss the odd behaviors of General zaroffboth before and after revealing his hunt for men. After revealing his intentions, zaroff acts as if his game is a normal part of his life and does not acknowledge his hunt as anything abnormal. However, these aspects of Zaroff's character does not necessarily mean he is guilty of his acts. General Zaroffis not guilty of murder because of his presumed insanity throughout the story and his lack of the perception of right and wrong,as well as a lack of empathy. In the story, Zaroff's personality is observed as a little more than strange, especially considering how open he is with Rainsford about his game. I am strong. Why should I

5. General Zaroff presents himself to Rainsford as a gentlemen with a civilized lifestyle. But his real personality and morals contrast to his appearance that Rainsford first perceives. The way Rainsford respond to this difference shows that he values human life, honesty, and fairness. Rainsford’s morals of human life vary from Zaroff’s morals of preserving the thrill of the hunt, clash together. Rainsford’s morals of human life go against what Zaroff was doing with his “quarry.” This contrast in appearance, reality. and morals is what creates the conflict of “The Most Dangerous Game.”

In the story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, the author used suspense to make the reader feel a sense of uneasiness as they cannot predict what will happen next. Compared to the other stories that attempted to use suspense to, such as Cask of Amontillado and The Perfect Storm, The Most Dangerous Game is superior to the others. To successfully convey the feeling of suspense, the author used intensity, the appeal of the characters, and the cliffhanger ending.

Literary Devices and Impact in “The Most Dangerous Game” In his short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell expands and builds upon the hunter versus the hunted, through subtle and effective use of literary devices. Metaphors, similes, and underlying irony create a world much like our own, with very few yet complex characters. Rainsford, our protagonist starts out with ideals expressed with statements such as “‘You’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?’”(40).

One of the famous short stories that Richard Edward Connell wrote remains “The Most Dangerous Game”; it was published in 1925. His short story had become popular in 1932, they made a movie called The Most Dangerous Game and The Hounds of Zaroff. Connells nature of violence, cruelty, and the ethics of hunting for sport supported his writing style and made his writing extraordinary (“Dangerous game”). Analyzing “The Most Dangerous Game” displays a hunt that is between two men, every twist and turn through a gruesome tale.

“The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “The Most Dangerous” Game by Richard Connell reveal similarities in both conflict, and brilliant use of suspense in a ploy to keep the reader engaged. The two short stories both hold interesting titles and take place in realistic environments under unrealistic circumstances. Nonetheless both stories relay vague similarities that create a proactive willingness to further explore the stories beyond the first few seconds of reading.

Protagonists tend to change their views on other characters throughout a story. WHen meeting someone new, they seem different and strange. As they become more known they seem different, more developed, possibly a different personality. So as we learn more about other people we become more attached or more distant. Protagonists change their opinions on other characters throughout a story, whether they are the same species or not.

It’s no secret that people have intellect and ability to reason. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell. Think about being alone in the cold night but your with your friends and your hiding from them. You guys are playing a game like tag or ghost in the graveyard, or even home free. But now think that you are doing this but not with your friends but with an enemy that is what Rainsford goes through in this book.

Do animals feel fear like us humans? In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” this was moral was shown indirectly with the use of dialogue which made Rainsford, the main character of the story, change his view on hunting. He first began thinking that animals did not fear or sense anything while being hunted but then within the context, he realized not only humans can feel. At the beginning of the story, it felt like Rainsford did not care about any type of creatures. As if his nature was like that but was not permanent until he truly saw what General Zaroff’s motive was which was to hunt beyond a civilized manner.

Have you ever heard of a person who hunts humans? It’s pretty scary and illegal. In Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” the author uses foreshadowing to create suspense in the story. Foreshadowing is a literary device that authors use to build tension in a story. Connell exhibits this method when he writes, “There was no sound in the night as Rainsford sat there, but the muffled throb of the engine that drove the yacht swiftly through the darkness” (Connell 2). This quote resembles the scenes from a horror movie of what will happen. There was complete silence on the yacht and the only sounds you could hear was the motor engine.

Throughout the story.”The Most Dangerous Game”, one way suspense is created is by the description of the setting. “The old tarts call it ‘Ship-Trap Island’...Sailors have a curious dread of this place. I don’t know why. Some superstition-” (24). These few sentences create suspense by how the characters Rainsford and Whitney describe Ship-Trap Island by saying some sailors have a curious dread of this place. That means that sailors feel uneasy and eerie about coming to this island due to how it’s surroundings make them feel. Superstition is also raised in this case, because there are many myths that can be told about Ship-Trap Island alone that many sailors fear. The reason why this quote creates suspense is because of the way the island is

In “The Most Dangerous Game”, author Richard Connell uses a variety of literary device to depict the theme. He uses the main character, Rainsford, to be the character which unfolds the theme as he goes through the experience of being treated like a wild animal and becoming the prey of another human for sport. Connell uses three literary devices frequently including foreshadowing, irony and symbolism in order to support the main theme, put yourself in the shoes of the animals you hunt.

In most stories, there are two main characters, the protagonist, and the antagonist. The protagonist is typically the “hero” or “good guy” of the story, while the antagonist is usually the “villain” or “bad guy” of the story. In “The Most Dangerous Game” a short story by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is the antagonist. He is cruel and is the character who creates the conflict for the protagonist, Rainsford, throughout the story. In the first place, General Zaroff asks Rainsford why should he “not be serious’ when he refers to killing humans as “hunting” (70). This quote reveals how cruel General Zaroff is because it shows that he believes that killing a human is the same as killing an animal. When in reality, killing a human is cruel and it is not “hunting” it is murder.