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QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 This means that time seemed to go slower, the opposite of this is the saying "time flies when your having fun. 2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 He means that he does not feel safe with Zaroff and just like "a beast at bay" 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 The Atlantic 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 Because he was a noble in Russia and invested heavily in american securities, 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 To bring him safely to mainland neer a town 6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 He sunk into quicksand after following a man Zaroff was hunting 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 He spends it in a tree on the island. 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 A quarter million. 9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 They leave a poorer trail. 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 Because Zaroff followed the tracks to his tree, i think that Zaroff was just give a demonstration to the "hunted" to increase his panic. 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 He captures sailors and wrecks boats to force them onto the island. 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 We can assume that he is killed by Rainsford 13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 Because Zaroff thinks this as a competition, and so he congratulates Rainsford on his knowledge of the "subject" 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 Beacuse of his profession, you must be fit and smart to be the "hunter not the hunted" 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.)/5 He thought that Zaroff was a savoir instead of a killer, and that animals couldn't "feel anything" as he dicusses with Whitney, after the encounter, he finds what fear could be like hunted animals. And see's Zaroff as a murderer. 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 Thou the same straightergies that the most profone horror movies use, suspense.

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The most dangerous game

Point of View: 3erd person semi omniscient

Protagonist: Rainsford

What type of character is the Protagonist?

Round, Dynamic

Antagonist:

Zaroff

Describe the setting: On a almost unknown island in the middle of the ocean. In what seems to be the past because of the lesser hunting laws.

Type of Conflict:

Man Vs. Man

Describe the main conflict:

Zaroff hunting Rainsford

Describe the Climax of the Story:

When the Knife trap goes off, and you must wonder if it hits Zaroff.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?

He discovers what the true meaning of fear is.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.

You could say the theme is, understanding and point of view. So the relationship is based on Rainsford discovering the point of view of the animals that are hunted.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? It is because Rainsford discovers what humanity really means when he is hunted.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? Beacuse it is normal for humans to make mistakes.

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

Simile: The general chuckled. "They indicate a channel," he said, "where there's none; giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws.

Metaphor: "I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable."

Personification: He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face and the salt water in his open mouth made him gag and strangle.

Symbol:

The gun could be a symbol for fairness, using the smallest range makes sure that the prey (technically) has the advantage.

Foreshadowing (give both elements):

Zaroff hints at this "most dangerous game" witch foreshadows him (or other humans) being hunted.

Irony: It is ironic that Rainsford the "hunter" becomes the "hunted"

Imagery: Rainsford heard a sound. It came out of the darkness, a high screaming sound, the sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and terror.

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

It is that all of humanity belongs to the humans ( or other sentient life forms) for example fear, animals have a notion of fear.

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