Richard Connell the author of the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” craftily used foreshadowing to support that General Zaroff was a cannibal. Connell used lots of repetition throughout the story to set the eerie mood: “fear.. fear.. fear.. dark.. bad.. cannibals.. cannibals.. god-forsaken place.. devil.. evil.. sudden chill.. dread.. fear.. danger.. evil.. evil.. evil..” (2). The word cannibals was said twice and fear is constantly repeated throughout the whole story. Connell used the words to show that even just the island gave the characters fear. Zaroff is also described with some odd and creepy details describing his mouth: “his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth” (6). This could mean that he used his pointed teeth to tear
