Characteristics Of General Zaroff

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The most intelligent, yet barbaric and aggressive character ever created, from my viewpoint and/or in my opinion, is in The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Cornell. This character is known as General Zaroff. This character enjoys hunting human beings on his island due to loss of interest of hunting animals. Human beings that stumble upon his island have to play by his rules and are challenged to see if they can survive three days while being hunted by the master of hunting. General Zaroff has never lost at his own game until Rainsford turned General Zaroff into his prey. Rainsford did eventually kill General Zaroff in the game that General Zaroff had never before lost.
General Zaroff is very intelligent and devious throughout the play. He shows his intelligence by how he tricks human beings into thinking that he, General Zaroff, is a caring, thoughtful, and a kind man.
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General Zaroff is an aggressor, intimidator, and a bully to those human beings being hunted on his island. By General Zaroff being the hunter and not the hunted shows how he likes to be in control, yet still have the thrill and the excitement while hunting the human beings. Mostly because of what he is hunting now has the ability to reason on why they are being shot at or dying. By hunting something that has the ability to reason makes the game even more intense and more exhilarating to General Zaroff, “it gives me pleasure” (pg. 71). Even when General Zaroff felt failure when a dead tree fell on him while hunting Rainsford, he General Zaroff never gave up and still proceeded to be the hunter. Once General Zaroff was hurt, he said to Rainsford “if you are within the sound of my voice, as I suppose you are, let me congratulate you” (pg. 76). As soon as General Zaroff came to realization that Rainsford was as skilled and talented at hunting like he, General Zaroff still proceed as to it as a fair

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