How Can Rainsford Survive When The Hunter Become The Hunt?

Climax is the second literary element used in the story when Rainsford is trying survive from General Zaroff’s game of hunting. Demonstrates how the hunter can be cruel and unjust towards the hunted and shows what would happen if Rainsford(the hunter) became the hunted. The first half of the story depicts Rainsford as a merciless hunter, who is inhumane towards his prey, and thinks that animals are born to be hunted by men. Then in the second half of the story Rainsford is now the prey begging for mercy and trying to survive from the hunter(General Zaroff). The shoe is on the other foot and the climax is the hunt between the hunters and the hunted in the story. Rainsford’s battle for survival is his ultimatum to kill Zaroff or die as the