Mickie Most

really awful. This is the case in The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, and Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning. The Most Dangerous Game is about a man who hunts humans. Porphyria’s Lover is a poem about a man who is deeply in love with a woman who cannot be with him, so he kills her. Richard Connell and Robert Browning use extremely descriptive characterization to convey a theme that obsession can have a negative outcome. In the short story The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell uses…

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, written by Richard Connell, all three forms of conflict appear. Man versus Man is shown as General Zaroff tries to defeat Rainsford during his game. The sea against Rainsford shows an example of Man versus Nature. The conflict of Man versus Himself becomes visible in the story as Rainsford is being hunted and starts to lose confidence in himself. All three conflicts appear in the narrative The Most Dangerous Game. One of the many conflicts of Man…

He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided. Rainsford woke up to the brick walls of Zaroff’s chateau. After all the events that happened last night he was very tired. He got up and cooked breakfast with some food still left in Zaroff’s house. He went on with his life like nothing was wrong living on Ship Trap Island for a few weeks or so. One early Saturday morning he woke up to a loud knocking on the door. He expected it to be one of Zaroff’s men or one of his friends. But…

Then he leaped for out into the sea...Rainsford tried and tried to swim away from this horrible island. The raging waters of the sea splashed in his face. The salt from the water stings like a bee in his wounds. His stomach rumbles like thunder. He is fighting with himself on whether to turn back or not. He finally decided to go on and swim further and further. He is exhausted and thirsty. In a distance he sees land and figures he would take a break. He could eat a whole horse. He doesn’t…

“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and “Hunters in the Snow” by Tobias Wolff are completely different short stories, but their characters and imagery are very similar. From a cold, winter forest to a humid, sticky forest, the stories’ settings are as polar opposite as possible. These stories may have very different settings, but they have startling comparisons between the protagonists, the antagonists, and the plots. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game,” there are two main…

“Splendid, one of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard Rainsford, I would like to warn you that will need to be quick to kill me, quick like a fox, (Simile)” Zaroff explained. Spasmodically, Rainsford turned around and grabbed the buck head hanging on the wall behind him and exclaimed, “Take this Buckaroo!” as Rainsford hurled the buck head past Zaroff who ducked out of the way. “Very quick Rainsford,” explained Zaroff,…

1. What characteristic would you use to describe Captain Neilson? In the short work, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, Captain Neilson is a minor character that is only mentioned once. Based on the text, Captain Neilson is stubborn and narrow-minded. On page 2 it states “ Even Captain Neilson… ‘ Yes even that tough minded old swede, who’d go up to the devil himself and ask for a light.’” (Connell 2) This also implies that Captain Neilson is brave and that his personality isn’t…

Have you ever wanted to hunt or be hunted, well the game predator vs prey is just for you. This exciting game is based on survival, In your pack you hunt for food to survive, but be careful there are many hunters that want to hunt you down. We played this game on the last day of atwood, when we were about to leave, my classmates and I were placed in packs. In my pack there was Aj, Brian and Abbey this was our wolfpack. In the game there are 2 different kinds of characters, hunters and wolves.…

Rainsford runs into a problem after meeting Zaroff, and plays a game of life or death against him. The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connel is a short story. Rainsford lands on an island where he meets a hunter called Zaroff. Zaroff was hunting since he was a little boy, and he enjoys it greatly. Zaroff insists that to Rainsford that he should go hunting with him. Rainsford has no choice, but to accept. Soon after, Rainsford realizes that this game is a battle for life and death. The…

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination” (Tommy Lasorda). This rousing notion is an integral factor of the protagonist’s success in Richard Connell's “The Most Dangerous Game”. Sanger Rainsford, a famous New York Hunter, fell overboard from his hunting charter in the Caribbean. He landed on a strange island, and on it he discovered a fellow hunter by the name of General Zaroff. Zaroff used this island to hunt the ultimate game; Man. After his…