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Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game

Point of View: Third Person

Protagonist: What type of character is the Protagonist? The Protagonist is Rainsford, an avid hunter who does not seem to care what hunted animals feel.

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting Shipwreck Island-a seemingly peaceful island in the Carribean

Type of Conflict: Man Vs. Man

Describe the main conflict: When Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff

Describe the Climax of the Story: When Rainsford is being chased by the dogs. and throws himself off the cliff.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? Rainsford goes from being insensitive towards the feelings of hunted animals to being sympathetic with them, after being in the same spot.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.

Decide on a statement of theme then formulate your response.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile:"Ugh! it's like moist black velvet."

Metaphor: "My whole life has been one prolonged hunt"

Personification: "...the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face"

Symbol: "...Ship-Trap island, A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition..."

Foreshadowing (give both elements):

Irony: On his way to hunt, Rainsford ends up being hunted.

Imagery: "Yes, even that tough-minded old Swede, who'd go up to the devil himself and ask him for a light."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The only reason Rainsford survived was because he made the right choices.

QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? 0/2 that Rainsford was so stressed and scared, that a minute felt as long as a year. It may also be interpreted as rainsford being so scared that he aged a year in a minute

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? 0/2 That Rainsford was not ready to leave quietly and not tell anyone about ship-trap island, and that he wanted to kill Zaroff

3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? 1/1 The Caribbean Sea

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? 0/2 because of his holdings in the US

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /11 that he will be allowed to go freely, provided he does not tell anyone of the island

6. What happened to Lazarus? 0/2 He pursued a man into the "Death Swamp" and drowned in the quicksand.

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? 1/1 in a tree

8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? 0/1 a quarter of a million

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? 1/1 so that he will leave less readable tracks

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. 0/3 Zaroff walked up to the tree, and if he wanted to he could have shot into the branches and probably have hit rainsford. However, he decided not to.

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? 0/2 He lures ships into the rocky shallows around the island, then kidnaps the sailors and trains them in his "school" before releasing them into the forest.

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /1/2 after a fight with rainsford, he is thrown out the bedroom window to the dogs.

13. In spite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /0/2 Because it was well-made, which suggests that Rainsford is intelligent and resourceful, and so General Zaroff felt that congratulations were in order. Also, Zaroff believes himself to be a gentleman, and so feels the need to congratulate his opponent, even if he has been hurt.

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? 0/2 because he was able to swim from his yacht to the island, survive being chased by hunting dogs, and defeat General Zaroff after spending three days with little rest

15. Discuss the state of mind of Rainsford before he lands on the island versus that after he meets the General. What is different? (Especially about how he perceives animal feelings.)0/5 When he first arrived on ship-wreck island, Rainsford thought that himself indestructible, and animals thoughtless. After his time on the island, he realized what animals felt like, and how frail he really is.

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness? 0/3 He has Zaroff talk about what he does using suggestive dialogue and thinly veiled threats. Also, he describes horrible things vaguely, and skipped the fight scene in Zaroff's room all together.