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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murder verses hunting‚ and the characters‚ General Zaroff who is a crazed man-hunter and Mr. Rainsford‚ his prey. Irony is essential to the plot of the short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”. It can be recognized multiple times throughout the duration of the story‚ particularly within the literary elements conflict and characterization. The conflict is contradictory or off in many instances. Being that the hunter‚ Rainsford‚ becomes the hunted. Zaroff identifies the conflict as he states: “ You’ll
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murdering innocent people‚ would you do it? In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game‚” this is exactly what a malicious man named General Zaroff does up until he meets the courageous animal hunter named Rainsford. In the end‚ Ranford murdered the General out of fear‚ and the fact that he wanted to get off of Zaroff’s island for good. Rainsford murdered Zaroff because he was extremely frightened of being his next victim. For example‚ only about two hours after departing from Zaroff’s island mansion
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the story‚ the three characters that play a prominent role are Rainsford‚ Zaroff‚ and Ivan. However‚ two more characters play an important role in the motion picture‚ Eve and her brother‚ Martin. Also‚ the extra characters change some parts of the literary work. To illustrate that point‚ Rainsford finds out that Zaroff hunts people in the film by catching him taking Eve’s dead brother to his trophy room. In the story‚ Zaroff tells Rainsford about his game by explaining his boredom with hunting and
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Rainsford is very smart because when he gets to the island he knows many tricks he learned from hunting for many years and he uses them to help him win against Zaroff. Rainsford shows he’s smart throughout the story by creating
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by Richard Connell is a short story about a famous hunter named Rainsford. He falls off of his boat in the middle of the night when he hears a gunshot in the distance on an island. He is forced to swim to “Ship Wreck Island” where he meets General Zaroff also a famous hunter. Rainsford soon is forced to fight for his life when he realizes the Generals idea of hunting has an abnormal twist. Lord of the Flies and “The Most Dangerous Game” can be compared by there conflict. Lord of the Flies shows
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The Most Dangerous Game An interesting story will always have conflict. Conflicts create the main action of a plot. Without any conflicts‚ stories would be bland. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell has several conflicts. All of which contains‚ man versus nature‚ man versus self‚ and man versus man. The first of the conflicts‚ is man versus nature‚ when Rainsford fell overboard the ship. Rainsford heard three gunshots. He went on the railing to look where the sound came from. Rainsford
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Rainsford waits impaitiently for him to walk under the tree. Now or never Rainsford thinks as Zaroff has walked in to his perfect trap. Then it happens all to fast. Rainsford jumps out of the tree pouncing on Zarnoff knocking the both of them off balance and onto the ground. Zaroff cries in surprise but quickly regains composer reaching for his knife. Rainsford sees it and quickly counteracts the action with wrapping the rope aroung Zaroff’s
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He chose the tree because he needed to stay away from General Zaroff. “A big tree with outspread branches was nearby… he climbed up into the crotch and stretched out on one of the broad limbs‚ after a fashion‚ rested” (Connell 75). This quote shows that Rainsford is intelligent because during this part‚ he is climbing into a tree to try and stay hidden from General Zaroff. He is also trying to rest so he can stay away from General Zaroff. During the story‚ Rainsford is also brave. He shows that he
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he beat General Zaroff at his own game‚ and it is his favorite hobby. After reading this essay you will think so too. To begin with‚ think about this; if you were on an island alone wouldn’t you get hungry? While swimming to the island Rainsford thought‚ “Where there are pistol shots there are men” (pg 22). Once Rainsford reached the island “a sharp hunger was picking on him (pg 22). When Rainsford met Ivan he told him “I fell off my yacht I’m hungry” (pg 23). Then General Zaroff said “We are well
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