General Zaroff Character Traits

“The Most Dangerous game” by Richard Connell is about what seems to be the “Most Dangerous” game. The Most Dangerous Game is about a hunter named Rainsford. Rainsford falls off of a yacht and swims to an island called Shiptrap island. Shiptrap Island retrieved its name because it has a history of shipwrecks. General Zaroff, the owner of shoptrat island, welcomes him to his island and reveals that he is out to hunt Rainsford. Rainsford then defeats General Zaroff, and Rainsford lives in his mansion for an unknown amount of time. In TDMG, General Zaroff, besides for his mental state, has some pretty solid character traits.
General Zaroff’s first character trait is that he is complimentative. Hist first quote that proves this is “it is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter to my home.” This proves that he is complimentative because he welcomed him to his home and called him “The celebrated hunter”
The first quote to support this is “The general took from his pocket a gold cigarette case and offered his guest a long black cigarette with a silver tip; it was perfumed and gave off a smell like incense.” This proves he is a purist because he has pricey and high quality cigarettes and offered them to Rainsford. The second quote that proves this is “They were eating borsch, the rich, red soup with whipped cream so dear to Russian palates.” This proves that General Zaroff is a purist because they are eating a Russian delicacy. These two quotes prove that General Zaroff is a purist.

All six of these quotes give evidence of General Zaroff’s strong character traits. General Zaroff is generous, complementive, and a purist. General Zaroff is the antagonist in a fictional story written by Richard Connell. The protagonist of this short story is Rainsford. Rainsford is a hunter that is well known by other hunters because he is an author of popular hunting related