Character and Theme in The Most Dangerous Game Id‚ ego and super-ego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche. In The Most Dangerous Game‚ three characters‚ Zaroff‚ Rainsford and Whitney correspond respectively to id‚ ego and super-ego. What’s more‚ these characters also correspond to three parts of the theme. It’s likely that the latter part of the novel is Rainsford’s dream. For one thing‚ we can see that the narrative style
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Antonia Bala Mrs. Humenansky Advanced English 9 11 November 2016 The Most Dangerous Game: Alternate Ending My alternate ending starts the morning after the apprehensive night that Rainsford was in the jungle. In the story‚ that morning Rainsford hears the cry of some startled bird that focused him into that direction. He hears something coming the same way he had come. That which was approaching was a man. At this point in the story is where my version of the ending begins. At first Rainsford
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Yana Kogan Ms. Spencer H English 9B‚ Period 1 18 January 2013 The Hunter and The Hunted Hunting is an often argued subject throughout cultures all over the globe. In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ hunting is questioned using an ironic situations and a relationship between two exaggerated characters‚ Rainsford and General Zaroff‚ who are at first both presented as hunters‚ but as the story progresses‚ Rainsford becomes the hunted. Connell presents ironic situations and symbolized
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because fear is important in our lives. It tells you when you are in danger. Fear is a survival tool all humans are born with. In The Most Dangerous Game‚ Rainsford learns that fear originates from the desire to continue living‚ he has fear most when running from Zaroff‚ and deals with it by forcing himself to calm down‚ proving his will power. Rainsford experiences the most fear he ever has in his life‚ even though he lives a risky life. He only feels this much fear because‚ for the first time‚ his life
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Being put in a stressful situation can affect anyone even the strongest of people. In many stories and the real world people can be faced with this problem. In the Most Dangerous Game the protagonist is faced with this when he is being hunted by Zaroff the general. When Zaroff finds out that he is who he is he wants to hunt him to give him a challenge. When Rainsford learns what his plans are and realizes that he is going to hunt him he gets serious. Then once his adrenaline is flowing he had to
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Starting off a bit morbid‚ 55 million people die every day. Some deaths are uncontrollable but some are homicides. In reading The Most Dangerous Game we as a class were asked whether or not it is considered okay to kill someone but like a ballot there were mixed results. This can branch out into many different topics ranging from abortion to downright murder. In my opinion‚ I think that killing is justified if you have a probable cause such as self defense‚ death penance‚ and abortion. Self defense
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“The Most Dangerous Game” The setting of the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is absolutely essential to the plot of the story. For example‚ the story has to be set on an isolated island. If the setting is on mainland the people trapped would be able to have better resources such as police to get away from General Zaroff and his game. Another example why the story is set on a deserted island is that people would know about Zaroff game and no one would come near the island
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In “The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ the author uses conflicts‚ imagery‚ and a tenacious theme to add to the plot of the story. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a story about a man names Rainsford and his struggle to defeat a hunting game against the antagonist‚ General Zaroff. Rainsford had fallen off a yacht in the Caribbean Sea and swam up onto the beach of a mysterious island. He found his way to a home belonging to a man named General Zaroff. After meeting the General and his servant
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in an island for three days without letting the general to find him out‚ and he hide successfully for three days and won the game. While both To Build a Fire and The Most Dangerous Game represent a surviving story‚ the main character in The Most Dangerous Game behaved wiser for he had accumulated lots of experience and survived successfully. First‚ The Most Dangerous Game tells that the protagonist Rainsford arrived an island as a castaway. Then
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reading "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell there are multiple incidents of suspense. One of these moments is Rainsford’s first encounter with a man named Ivan‚ who greeted Rainsford with pistol pointed straight at his chest. Almost immediately‚ the reader began to anticipate whether this character would die‚ survive‚ or suffer other consequences such as injury causing tension in the story. Another occurrence of suspense is when General Zaroff begins to tell of the most dangerous game‚ hence the
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