The Most Dangerous Game Foreshadowing Analysis

Horror movies need foreshadowing and characterization like the kind used in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” Sanger Rainsford is on a boat, traveling to hunt in Brazil when he falls off. He swims to an island where he meets General Zaroff. There, Zaroff forces Rainsford into a game where they try to kill each other. However, in the actioned plot, Connell uses effective writing techniques. The Foreshadowing and characterization of Rainsford and Zaroff add interest to the story. Richard Connell’s use of foreshadowing creates suspense in “The Most Dangerous Game”. First of all while on the boat, Rainsford and Whitney discuss their views on the feelings of prey. Rainsford says that prey has “no understanding” and that no one “cares

Firstly, Richard Connell characterizes Rainsford as curious. An example is when “off in the blackness someone had fired a gun three times. Rainsford sprang up and moved quickly to the rail”. Also, when Rainsford sees Zaroff’s palatial house he thinks “Mirage.” but can’t resist seeing if it really real. Secondly, Rainsford is characterized as being intelligent. For example, when General Zaroff welcomes Rainsford to his house, he mentions that Rainsford has written a “book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet”. Another example of Rainsford being intelligent is when he builds a Malay mancatcher and Zaroff says that “Not manymen know how to make” it. Finally Richard Connell uses resourceful to characterize Rainsford. For example, Rainsford uses “a huge dead tree” leaning “precariously on a smaller, living one.” to make a Malay mancatcher. Also, Rainsford digs a pit and creates a “Burmese tiger pit” out of saplings and weeds and branches. Rainsford is characterized as intelligent, resourceful and

First of all, Zaroff is characterized as intelligent. For example, Zaroff has successfully hunted so many animals that “It would be impossible for me to tell you how many animals I have killed”. Also, Zaroff foiled every trap that Rainsford set: the Malay mancatcher, the Burmese tiger pit, and the native trick from Uganda. Secondly, Richard Connell characterizes Zaroff as cunning. An example is that the General uses lights that “indicate a channel where there’s none” to trap ships on his island. Also, Zaroff creates a “new animal” to hunt that has the ability to reason. Finally, Zaroff is characterized as confident. For example, Zaroff decides not to kill Rainsford on the first night because he is confident Rainsford won’t be alive in three days time. Also, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford for creating a trap that fails to kill him because he believes he will get Rainsford tomorrow. Intelligent, cunning and confident are all characteristics of General Zaroff of “The Most Dangerous Game”. In the second paragraph, Connell’s suspense came from his use of foreshadowing. He uses many examples of foreshadowing and gives the story an action packed feel. In the third, Connell indirectly characterizes Rainsford. He uses the attributes of curiosity, intelligence, and resourcefulness. In the last paragraph, Connell characterizes Zaroff as a round character. He uses the attributes of