While at first General Zaroff seems to be an elegant, yet vain, aristocrat, he is soon revealed to be a savage murderer. His arrogance is a prevalent aspect of his disposition in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game,” and is Zaroff’s inevitable downfall. Throughout the story, Zaroff’s excessive pride is depicted in a number of different ways: his belief in being the perfect hunter, his acting as God by killing human beings, and his arrogance in letting Rainsford free after catching him. The general believes that human life is his to take, as is exemplified when he claims that “life is...if needs be, [to be] taken by the strong.” Furthermore, he assumes that if “an angry god of the high seas” does not provide him with quarry, he is still…