Alexa Keating 3/24/13 Violence Is The Answer? Human violence is frowned upon by society‚ but it is a very common theme for short stories. Authors use gruesome or macabre details to develop and emphasize theme. Theme‚ the controlling idea or insight to the story‚ can be clarified when authors use such extreme forms of violence. In the short stories “The Destructors”‚ by Graham Greene‚ “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ and “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ by Richard Conell‚ some form of gruesome actions
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“Subdue your appetite‚ my dears‚ and you’ve conquered human nature.” The nature of sinfulness has an important influence in American Gothic literature. Gothic literature is focused on the darker side of humanity. It establishes a hero and a villain but ultimately shows that even the hero has tragic flaws. Gothic literature also aims to expose the problems found in western society‚ such as alcohol/drug abuse‚ controlling fate‚ classism‚ and ambition. These aspects can all be found in “The Cask of
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What makes a story suspenseful? Is it imagery? Is it dialogue? The reason for suspense varies for different people. For some‚ dialogue makes a story suspenseful and others maybe diction or even a combination of two 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
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I awaken in the middle of the night‚ and the significance of my actions just hours before hit me full force‚ though it feels like a lifetime ago that it happened. My first murder‚ the very thing that had so repulsed me upon my meeting with Zaroff just four days prior. The man was a psychopathic and homicidal bedlamite. He was the predator‚ and I‚ his quarry. His game of hunting men was considered only sport to him‚ whilst I held the belief that this manslaughter was senseless. Now‚ here I lay‚ with
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shoot or hold on to the puck like in the most dangerous game whether to run hide or make a trap or anything else what he could think of. Mind tricks and the most dangerous game also go together easily because while on the run Rainsford had to think of way to trick Zaroff while on the run just like while in breakaway in hockey to fake numerous times before deciding what the correct play
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Score: ______ / ______ Name: Shawn Hodgins Student Number: JM1409261 Directions: Answer the questions below. Use full sentences when applicable. 1. Give two examples of each of the following elements of fiction and nonfiction from the texts you’ve read in Units 1‚ 2‚ and 3. Story of fiction: The Giant’s House Story of Non-fiction: “Desiderata Characters: Fiction: James‚ narrator‚ and Astoria Non-fiction: Elizabeth McCracken Plot: Fiction: In a Library on different days to find a book that
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to hurt anyone and said “I fell off a yacht”. The only answer was to raise his thumb hammer of his revolver. Then out of nowhere a man said “it is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome you”. The man who said that introduced himself as General Zaroff. The man holding the revolver had put it down and saluted the
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creates these images that we see. We see it and we know we can’t be that! That we can never‚ ever achieve this goal society has planted on us. In the most Dangerous Game‚ Rainsford goes against General Zaroff’s society and way of life. He knows it’s not right to kill people. He knows he won’t become a person like general Zaroff. He went against what society’s goal was for him. Why
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Some are protagonists‚ and some are antagonists. Two antagonists‚ General Zaroff from "The Most Dangerous Game" and the king from‚ "The Lady or the Tiger?"‚ can both be compared.These two characters are similar yet different in their nature‚ or personality‚ actions‚ and attitudes. These characters are both similar and different at the same time. Zaroff and the king are similar in many ways. They are both fair people. Zaroff and the king are both straight forward with people. They are both smart
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“Man is the cruelest animal” Friedrich Nietzsche. In this story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell there is a character named Zaroff. General Zaroff loves to hunt he lives on an island. He seems very civilized. Zaroff is a devoted‚ wicked‚ and confident man. The moral of this story is that appearances can be deceiving. General Zaroff is very devoted to hunting he loves the sport. “My whole life I have been a prolonged hunter”. His father gave him his first gun when he was only five and
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