The Most Dangerous Game And Porphyria's Lover Analysis

The authors use characterization to show how the attitudes of both General Zaroff and the narrator of “Porphyria’s Lover”are taken over by this desire of power over other people. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, General Zaroff and Rainsford are talking about hunting. Zaroff says how he has gotten bored of hunting just animals, even the vicious jaguars. He thinks no animal is a match for him. Zaroff then leads into telling Rainsford that he hunts man. Zaroff then says, “The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong. Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not? I hunt the scum of the earth…” (Connell: Page 35). General Zaroff believes that the weak people of the world were put here to entertain the strong people. He believes in the power that the stronger people have over the weaker people. He is a very cocky person, particularly over his hunting, making him feel even more entitled to that power. Zaroff loves the power he thinks he has over people, especially over whom he is hunting. In the poem “Porphyria’s Lover”, Porphyria comes home from a long day. Her presence warms the cottage as she sits down next to her lover. The narrator then starts saying weird things about Porphyria. He then says,“Too weak, for all her heart’s endeavour, To set its struggling passion free From pride, and vainer ties dissever, And give herself to me for ever” (Browning: Lines 22-25). The narrator wants Porphyria all to himself. She seems to be the one in control of their relationship but, the narrator wants to be the one in control and have that power over her. He is very obsessive and psychotic, which are the characteristics that led him to murdering his lover. Both characters have many characteristics like obsession and cockiness, that makes them want that power and control over the people around them. This characterization shows how needing that power and control leads them to making bad decisions.

“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.” In the short story ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ which was written by Richard Connell there are two main characters, Rainsford and General Zaroff. Rainsford thought that General Zaroff wanted to hunt with him when in all reality General Zaroff wanted to hunt him(Rainsford) himself. Richard Connell uses irony, theme and characterization to develop the plot and characters. The use of these literary devices suggests that Connell wanted to make the story more interesting and suspenseful so the reader can enjoy reading it.

Underestimation and cruel actions lead to many things. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” author Richard Connell reveals a conflict between the main characters, General Zaroff and Rainsford. Rainsford was to play the most dangerous game created by Zaroff, because the only way to survive, is to win it, otherwise death is the only other option. As demonstrated through the use of personification, symbolism, and repetition in the story, it conveys that one should understand to never underestimate another person and remember that there will always be a consequence for the wicked things that one has done.

In the story The Most Dangerous Game one conflict is man vs nature. Rainsford is fighting nature because he is on a ship and he came across an island. Rainsford falls overboard and has to swim for safety. “All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea and the other was weariness on him”. In order to survive rainsford hast to swim to the island and find shelter. In the conflict man vs nature this shows Rainsford bravery.

Imagery and personification are some of the most powerful literary devices because they can bring the story to life and capture the reader's attention with just a few words. “The Most Dangerous Game” has both of these devices used effectively, and it makes the story better than most of its type. The author, Richard Connell, used imagery and personification in a way that connects with the reader very well, and makes the story a more enjoyable read, because it paints a clear picture of what is happening in the story.

Fear is one of the most powerful killers. Fear is a strong emotion, from the thought of danger or pain. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, fear is demonstrated in 3 different ways throughout the story. Rainsford has to fight against his lack of sleep and anxiety in order to beat general Zaroff. Along with fighting himself, Rainsford must compete against Zaroff to stay alive through the strange game. Without the setup of Zaroff’s island, beating Rainsford would be nearly impossible. Therefore, Rainsford has more than just Zaroff to fight off in this story. Without the three major conflicts of man versus nature, man versus man , and man versus himself, this story would not be possible.

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 “The Most Dangerous Game”, author Richard Connell uses a variety of literary device to depict the theme. He uses the main character, Rainsford, to be the character which unfolds the theme as he goes through the experience of being treated like a wild animal and becoming the prey of another human for sport. Connell uses three literary devices frequently including foreshadowing, irony and symbolism in order to support the main theme, put yourself in the shoes of the animals you hunt.

Why does love cause so much death? Is love and loss really that much alike? In the stories, Loss is actually a result of love. “What’s the point if you hate, die and kill for Love. What’s the point with a love that makes you hate and kill for” (Gonzalez). The strangest details are found in “The Most Dangerous Game” and “Porphyria’s Lover” to convey murder and darkness. The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, is the tale of a man named Rainsford who is shipwrecked on a deserted and dreaded island, therefore he finds a psychotic man who kills people for a game. The man believes that he is still a civilized person for the reason that he provides shelter and a bed to his prey before he ends their lives. Furthermore, the

In the stories, “The Most Dangerous Game”, “Liberty”, and “Harrison Bergeron” all compare among their similarities. Each story uses the setting and their conflicts to show the theme and the characteristics of each character. In these stories, they all have different conflicts and settings, but they use the conflicts and settings to relate to each other in their characters and the themes.

For an abundance of stories the conflicts do not include man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. himself. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell this is not the case. The main character Rainsford is frequently facing multiple struggles. The story would not keep you on the edge of your seats the same way unless he is constantly fighting through something no matter how big or small the problem is. For example Rainsford the sailor fights nature in this story. In addition to this, he struggles through the toughness and wits of other men. Furthermore, in this story Rainsford puts up with himself as he fights his mind running through the jungle constantly making last minute, and risky decisions. This story shows countless examples of man vs. man, man vs. nature, and even man vs. himself.

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Author of short story The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell and author of poem Porphyria’s Lover, Robert Browning both use similar techniques to portray a theme. In The Most Dangerous Game a man’s passion for hunting goes too far. As well as the narrator in the poems love for a girl. Connell and Brown use characterization to convey a theme that Love/Passion taken to extremes can have a (negative, horrendous, horrific) effect.

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    In  ¨The Most Dangerous Game” Connell uses characterization to portray his character Zaroff as psychotic and dangerous to show how obsession can change a person.  Zaroff has a passion for hunting, but when hunting gets too easy for him, he