The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Mr. Urban – English 1 Name: ___________________________________ Period: ____ Key Literary Terms “The Most Dangerous Game” A protagonist is the main character (the central or primary personal figure) of a literary‚ theatrical‚ cinematic‚ video game‚ or musical narrative‚ around whom the events of the narrative’s plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to share the most empathy. The principal opponent of the protagonist is a character
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beings‚ he hunts them down and kills them‚ and what’s worse is he gets pleasure out of this. He keeps many humans or what he calls “pupils” in his cellar that he uses for his sick and radical games. He uses everything from dogs to guns to hunt for them and he also has a henchman that helps him and does most of the torture‚ but leaves the killing to Zarrof. This man is sick and I would say retarded in the sense that he doesn’t think that he will ever be punished for this. He does not comprehend
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a stone idol‚ a mountain avalanche‚ the dinosaur fell. The author used a simile to describe the dinosaur as an avalanche because the dinosaur is humongous. He uses figurative language to make the story nightmarish and to let us know how big and dangerous the dinosaur is. The use of tone supports the mood of seriousness by Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path. By Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path so many times the reader can foreshadow that he might step outside and he
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“The Most Dangerous Game” Annotations‚ etc. “Quote” (Citation). Commentary. Remember‚ in MLA format your citation is your author’s last name and the page number‚ with no commas‚ only a space between the two. The commentary should elaborate on your example and explain the significance; in addition‚ the commentary should be 1-2 sentences. Directions: Working individually or with a partner‚ complete the following questions and prompts on a separate sheet of paper. Part I: Motif *
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stories " The Most Dangerous Game" and "The Cage Man". His stories are based on his experiences encountered at war and how he sees the world. His moral thoughts on war and the taking of another living creature’s life is inflicted in his famous story " The Most Dangerous Game". On the contrary‚ Connell’s other short story "The Cage Man” is about a man that is viewed as something/someone else than who he actually is. Therefore‚ in Richard Connell’s short stories “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Cage
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aspects but typically not the same aspects for every person. In a movie‚ it is usually the sounds and darkness and location. In a book though‚ there are no sounds so you need other aspects such as diction‚ dialogue‚ imagery‚ plot‚ etc. The Most Dangerous Game is much more suspenseful and scary than the Interlopers due to diction. “He lunged for it; a short‚ hoarse cry came from his lips as he realized he had reached too far and had lost his balance( Richard Connell 9)” is much more suspenseful than
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Terrible or Tasteful? In an action movie‚ producers and directors add certain music to certain scenes to make them more suspenseful‚ sad‚ etc. Many authors add details to a story about the setting to accomplish the same goal. In the story‚ Most Dangerous Game‚ the author adds many details about the dark night‚ General Zaroff’s mansion‚ and the jungle to add more suspense‚ or terror‚ to the story. In the beginning of the story‚ Rainsford‚ Whitney‚ Captain Nielsen‚ the crew are sailing on a dark night
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Richard Connell author of the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” did an exquisite job of defining mystery‚ but his story made the statement that there are some people in the world that don’t care about animals or their feelings. This is shown in these four statements. First‚ Rainsford was talking to his friend on the side of a hunting yacht in pitch black saying that no one cares about the Jaguar this may suggest that he is a hardcore‚ Hunter. Not many people do it now‚ but there was one point
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Fiction Essay Thesis and Outline Thesis: In both “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ the authors write to emphasize the sanctity of life through the conflicts endured by their main characters both implicitly and explicitly. I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement B. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson brief description C. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell brief description II. Characterization A. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
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In the short story The Most Dangerous Game‚ by Richard Connell‚ there are three main conflicts in the storyline that Sanger Rainsford has to overcome to stay alive. Rainsford is a middle aged hunting expert from New York‚ who finds himself stranded on a desert island after falling overboard his boat. The three conflicts are man vs. nature‚ man vs. himself‚ and man vs. man. The point Richard Connell proves is everything including animals have emotions. From the beginning of the short
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