The Most Dangerous Game
“The Most Dangerous Game”, written by Richard Connell in 1924. Is a story about two expert hunters who take part in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Connell uses a host of literary elements in this thrilling short story to help create and sustain an atmosphere of suspense, fear, and thrill. Some literary Richard Connell used in the Most Dangerous Game include imagery, foreshadowing, and theme.
Imagery plays a strong role in this story by helping create the eerie feeling present throughout the whole story. Right at the beginning we get an image of the waters surrounding the infamous Ship Trap Island, when our protagonist Rainsford falls in. It is described as “blood warm”, and that it is growling this gives it a feeling …show more content…
It is mostly present in the beginning of the story. When Rainsford asks if they have passed Ship Trap Island Whitney answers with “I hope so this place has a bad reputation”, the island was mention before and by it coming up a second time, it suggests that something is going to take place involving the island, something bad. Also the color red is frequently used to describe things in the beginning further telling us that violence is going to take place. When Rainsford is in the blood warm water he hears more gunshots and a scream of an animal that he cannot identify. This is very odd since he has hunted nearly every animal known to man. This hints that something unusual is being hunted here, which we later find out are humans. When Rainsford and Zaroff are speaking Zaroff says “Ivan is a simple man, but, I’m afraid, like all his race, is a bit of a savage”, he then smiles showing his very evil looking and teeth and revels he too is of Ivan’s race. This tells us that Zaroff is not a man with good intentions and makes us wonder what devious plan he has in store for Rainsford. The next example of foreshadowing really revels what Zaroff does on this island of his. When Rainsford states that he thinks the cape buffalo is the most dangerous of all big game. Zaroff then replies with “No, sir you’re wrong. The cape isn’t the most dangerous big game, here on my island I hunt more dangerous game”, this doesn’t exactly tell us that he is hunting humans, but really hints to what he is hunting. Again this keeps the suspense up it keeps us wondering what this man is really up too. We later find out that he is indeed killing people for sport. We get a statement that Zaroff wants to hunt Rainsford. After the Rainsford refuses to hunt with the general he replies with a threatening statement “The choice rest entirely with you. But may I not venture to suggest that you will find my idea of
“The Most Dangerous Game”, written by Richard Connell in 1924. Is a story about two expert hunters who take part in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Connell uses a host of literary elements in this thrilling short story to help create and sustain an atmosphere of suspense, fear, and thrill. Some literary Richard Connell used in the Most Dangerous Game include imagery, foreshadowing, and theme.
Imagery plays a strong role in this story by helping create the eerie feeling present throughout the whole story. Right at the beginning we get an image of the waters surrounding the infamous Ship Trap Island, when our protagonist Rainsford falls in. It is described as “blood warm”, and that it is growling this gives it a feeling …show more content…
It is mostly present in the beginning of the story. When Rainsford asks if they have passed Ship Trap Island Whitney answers with “I hope so this place has a bad reputation”, the island was mention before and by it coming up a second time, it suggests that something is going to take place involving the island, something bad. Also the color red is frequently used to describe things in the beginning further telling us that violence is going to take place. When Rainsford is in the blood warm water he hears more gunshots and a scream of an animal that he cannot identify. This is very odd since he has hunted nearly every animal known to man. This hints that something unusual is being hunted here, which we later find out are humans. When Rainsford and Zaroff are speaking Zaroff says “Ivan is a simple man, but, I’m afraid, like all his race, is a bit of a savage”, he then smiles showing his very evil looking and teeth and revels he too is of Ivan’s race. This tells us that Zaroff is not a man with good intentions and makes us wonder what devious plan he has in store for Rainsford. The next example of foreshadowing really revels what Zaroff does on this island of his. When Rainsford states that he thinks the cape buffalo is the most dangerous of all big game. Zaroff then replies with “No, sir you’re wrong. The cape isn’t the most dangerous big game, here on my island I hunt more dangerous game”, this doesn’t exactly tell us that he is hunting humans, but really hints to what he is hunting. Again this keeps the suspense up it keeps us wondering what this man is really up too. We later find out that he is indeed killing people for sport. We get a statement that Zaroff wants to hunt Rainsford. After the Rainsford refuses to hunt with the general he replies with a threatening statement “The choice rest entirely with you. But may I not venture to suggest that you will find my idea of