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In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and the poem “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning, the authors use characterization and imagery to convey that the desire for power can drive man to psychotic actions.

Thesis: General Zaroff is the main Antagonist in The Most Dangerous Game. General Zaroff shows an affection for chasing, a frail and unremorseful personality, General Zaroff also shows pride and arrogance. These three character attributes

General Zaroff is uncivilized because he thinks that it is fair and ordinary to kill other humans for his own pleasure. The text shows that he is uncivilized when he replies to Rainsford’s comment about murder and says, “Life is for the strong, and if needs be, taken by the strong” (Connell 14). When Zaroff says that life is for the strong, it reveals that he is a very selfish person who doesn’t care about others. It reveals his perspective on the world. It also shows that General Zaroff is a very one-sided person. Another example that proves that General Zaroff is uncivilized is when he comments

Imagine a time where you had an argument with your parents. What would was the outcome of the argument? Did you get what you wanted? Many may wonder: why would you argue with when you now you most likely will not get your way. Maybe we argue because we are mad and want to vent Maybe we argue because we are convinced we are right even if we realize later that we weren't. We ask ourselves why why do we fight battles we now we are destined to lose? The argument of “The Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff, hunts trapped sailors on his island. He does this because he is bored of hunting animals he knows he will win. He thinks he will also defeat Rainsford, other great hunter. Zaroff is a murderer and is uncivilized because he killed people

Furthermore in the story “The Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff had a strive to kill for fun. Zaroff would always kill animals, and after animals became easy, he moved onto humans. Zaroff would enjoy killing and it became

In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is shown as insane, cruel, and arrogant.Zaroff is shown to be insane in the story when he says that he kills humans for fun.“...Did not make me a coldone, cold-blooded murderer.” (Connell 70). This quote shows that Zaroff is psycho because during this part, it is showing that he is a murderer. During the story, Zaroff is also cruel.He shows that he is cruel when He says that he almost makes boats crash into rocks.“Where there’s none: giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws. They can crush a ship as easily as I can crush this nut.”(Connell 70). Zaroff shows that he is mean during this scene because he is making people crash, then giving them hope when

In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is shown as insane, competitive, and mean. General Zaroff is shown to be insane in the story when he kills humans for fun. “It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason.” (Connell 69).

The harsh truth of island life reveals that Zaroff’s idea of civilization includes personal pleasure derived from murder .Zaroff explains his “game.” Zaroff has become bored with hunting because the animals do not provide a challenge for him, so hunts the only animal that can think and reason—man (Connell 74).He believes that he deserves the challenge, so it is morally right to hunt men. This is not civilized behavior. It is murder. He tries explains why it is right. “‘If I wish to hunt, why should I not? I hunt the scum of the earth—[…]’”(Connell 75).Zaroff believes that his social status and wealth give him the right to kill those in lower classes. This

In Richard Connell’s, “The Most Dangerous Game”, the antagonist General Zaroff has a twisted sense of reality. To begin with, General Zaroff lives in a luxurious mansion with servants, fine food and amenities that one can only dream of possessing. Someone who lives in an environment like this would normally have morals and be civilized. But Zaroff has a warped vision of what being civilized is. He has manners, exceptional hospitality, and has the presence of a classy, prestigious man but the way he behaves shows otherwise.

In the book “The Most Dangerous Game” , The antagonist General Zaroff lost his humanity When he started the most dangerous game. Humanity is defined as characteristics belong uniquely to humans, such as kindness, mercy, and sympathy. Zaroff is an inhuman type of person that does not see others as people and cares not for what they feel. An example of how in human is when he told Rainsford “Life is for the strong, Lived by the strong and taken by the strong.” As the general said he only feels the strong should live and he cares not for anyone he deems weak or how they feel. Zaroff would let people suffer and not feel any sympathy or mercy about it at all for it pleasures him. He Believes that if a person has no value to him then then they do

In Richard Connell's short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff is shown to live a civilized life, just like a regular person, but when it comes to hunting people, his true character is revealed and therefore, he is an uncivilized person. Just like a regular, civilized, person, General Zaroff knows how to use his brain very well, especially when it comes to his strategy in hunting. But what is ironic about his passion (hunting) is instead of hunting for animals, he hunts for humans instead. With the use of his intelligent brain, Zaroff tricks people into thinking that the island is a safe, comfortable, and welcoming place to be in, but once you get to know him, you discover that he is a monster, and you are his

In his short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell uses character to convey General Zaroff’s disillusioned manner, and to show how this affects his ability to act and think reasonably. In the story, main character Rainsford ends up on a mysterious island. After searching the island for life, he comes across a large castle, where he encounters the antagonist of the story, General Zaroff. When Rainsford first enters the castle, Zaroff seems welcoming and hospitable. It didn’t seem at first as though there was anything amiss about Zaroff. He and Rainsford fall into a pleasant discussion, in which they begin to bond over their love of hunting. Their conversation takes a dark turn, however, and it is soon apparent that Zaroff’s passion is really an obsession-- an obsession that turned him into a murderer. Zaroff had grown up a hunter, and had hunted animals all his life. He explains to Rainsford

The characters in the story “The most dangerous game” make some very strange statements based on their personal opinion. The statement “The world is made up of two classes The hunters and the huntees” means that some people or either a hunter or a huntee some people can be boring either. A hunter means someone that is very determined about going to get something. A huntee is an example of a person that has not matured into there own self yet there just going along with the crowd. I can relate to the statement because all of sixth and seventh grade year i use to be a huntee and now i am a hunter because now i realize that being a copier was not original. The huntees some people are boring a hunter and just go and follow the flow and become

Zaroff is a heartless proud man who sticks to his life of a murderer. His arrogance leads him to his lost at his prey. Even after the death of his loyal servant, Ivan, he wonders how he would be able to replace him. The characterization of Zaroff is a cold prideful murderer, that has a disguise of society's own image of what civilized looks like. This shows that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover and everyone has their own deadly

As Bear Grylls said, “The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.” (https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/beargrylls512957.html?src=t_survivor) Similarly, in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the main character, Rainsford, is a Survivor. Rainsford is the protagonist in the story and is a hunter who is sailing near Ship-Trap Island when he falls over the edge of his boat. Rainsford swims to shore and meets a man, also a hunter, named General Zaroff. Zaroff is the antagonist of the story. He has been hunting on the island and reveals to Rainsford that he has begun to hunt people instead of animals for enjoyment and because he grew bored of hunting animals. Zaroff tells Rainsford that he is going to give Rainsford 3 days to hide while Zaroff is going to attempt to hunt him like an animal. If Rainsford survives for 3 days, he wins and gets to go home, otherwise Zaroff wins by shooting him. In the story, Rainsford is a survivor and shows the characteristics of one. Two important aspects of being a survivor are being resourceful and quick thinking. These characteristics have helped many people survive situations. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Rainsford and Zaroff are survivors, and two vital traits of a survivor being resourceful and quick thinking.