Writers often use imagery to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. In the stories “A Cask of Amontillado” and “The Most Dangerous Game,” both Poe and Connell use descriptive imagery. Poe describes the underground catacombs full of dead bodies and Connell describes the wild jungle on Ship Trap Island. Each of the authors use imagery to make their stories come to life. Poe uses imagery very well; however, Connell uses it in a better way and has more description.
In the beginning of the story “The Most Dangerous Game,” the author, Richard Connell, takes the reader into the darkness of the night. Connell’s character, Rainsford, states “It’s so dark’ he thought, ‘that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids” (Connell 217). This makes the reader imagine …show more content…
Both authors provide a great deal of foreshadowing and suspense. Poe gives us the feeling of the death that is soon awaiting Fortunato by taking us through the crypt where, ¨Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris¨ (Poe 869), but the reader can not be sure what is going to happen to Fortunato. Connell; however, makes General Zaroffś intentions for Rainsford very clear with his words, ¨You'll find this game worth playing´ the general said enthusiastically, ´Your brain against mine. Your strength against mine. Outdoor chess! And the stake is not without value, eh?¨ (Connell 228). According to go.galegroup.com, ¨First published in 1924, the story has been frequently anthologized as a classic example of suspenseful narrative loaded with action”(TEL). Both authors give the readers the sense of death that is coming through imagery, just in different ways. Poe uses the foreshadowing of death through his images of the catacombs while Connell uses suspense by describing the chase through the
In the beginning of the story “The Most Dangerous Game,” the author, Richard Connell, takes the reader into the darkness of the night. Connell’s character, Rainsford, states “It’s so dark’ he thought, ‘that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids” (Connell 217). This makes the reader imagine …show more content…
Both authors provide a great deal of foreshadowing and suspense. Poe gives us the feeling of the death that is soon awaiting Fortunato by taking us through the crypt where, ¨Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris¨ (Poe 869), but the reader can not be sure what is going to happen to Fortunato. Connell; however, makes General Zaroffś intentions for Rainsford very clear with his words, ¨You'll find this game worth playing´ the general said enthusiastically, ´Your brain against mine. Your strength against mine. Outdoor chess! And the stake is not without value, eh?¨ (Connell 228). According to go.galegroup.com, ¨First published in 1924, the story has been frequently anthologized as a classic example of suspenseful narrative loaded with action”(TEL). Both authors give the readers the sense of death that is coming through imagery, just in different ways. Poe uses the foreshadowing of death through his images of the catacombs while Connell uses suspense by describing the chase through the