words, it isn’t impossible. There are two main ways an author can give an overall feeling of macabre; literary style and technique. Only the most skilled authors have successfully used various literary elements, like suspense and foreshadowing, to create ageless stories and earn a position in the history of literature. Well known authors, such as Edgar Allan Poe and Richard Connell, use specific literary techniques to inspire and horrify young minds through their timeless works of literature. Biography
lessons, however without the use of literary elements these stories get boring. Richard Connell uses different literary elements to tell the story of a man playing a hunting game to save his own life in “The Most Dangerous Game”. Louise Erdrich also uses literary elements to tell a child’s story through flashback in “The Leap”. Both stories use lots of literary elements, however Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” uses them better. The story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, uses foreshadowing, mood, imagery
death of Kenny. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell has a theme that states that through a person’s experiences, they will lose their humanity and morals. The story is about an experienced hunter, Rainsford, who washes ashore
A man runs through the black jungle, encased in night, but aware of everything. Soon he will be followed; he is running for his life. The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell is a tale revolving around a big game hunter named Rainsford. As the story begins, Rainsford and a few colleagues are on a yacht sailing through the Caribbean Sea. The night is late, and everyone but Rainsford retires. As Rainsford goes towards the rail to investigate the sound of gunshots, he falls into
In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell correlates three common literary devices especially well: setting, suspense, and plot. Connell makes use of an appropriate setting, the literary element of suspense, and an interesting plot in order to strengthen the story’s recurring theme of reason versus instinct within humans, and to blur that line between reason and instinct. In order to emphasize his recurring theme of reason versus instinct, Connell first sets the scene for the story’s setting
visualizing situations. Narrative literary techniques are also known as literary devices. Literary elements include setting, plot, theme, style or structure, characters and perspective or voice of the story. Common techniques for style include metaphors, similes, imagery, personification, hyperbole and alliteration. Common techniques relevant to plot include backstory, flashback, flash forward and foreshadowing. Common techniques relevant to narrative
The stories The Most Dangerous Game and The Gift of the Magi are both well written and vivid stories. The Most Dangerous Game is about a hunter who becomes hunted, and The Gift of the Magi is about a married couple trying to find each other gifts for christmas. Both stories have literary elements that move the story along, but in The Most Dangerous Game the elements are used more effectively. In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, two hunters, Whitney and Rainsford, sail past an island with
Critical Lens Essay Format. Directions: The critical lens is a formulaic essay that consists of 4-6 paragraphs and explores two works of literature and two literary elements from each work of literature. Use the format below to help you write your essay using Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey and Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. Introduction Paragraph: • Copy the quotation exactly as it appears and include the author (1 sentence) “Henry Ward Beecher once said, “Greatness
In his tale, “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell tells the Rainsford’s story on a mysterious island in the Caribbean Sea. Furthermore, Connell explains that people who arrive at this place are forced to participate in a sinister game that is described, by the author, as the most dangerous game. This Connell’s tale is a suspenseful and adventure story about two experienced hunters against one another in a life-and-death competition in which only one of them can be the winner. According to the
Everyone has read a book that ended on a cliffhanger. That is called suspense. Suspense is when an author leaves you with questions. There are many different stories that use suspense as an ending such as “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell; “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe; and “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, all of which are in the collection of short stories titled Characters in Conflict. All of these stories have a great use of suspense