Essay Comparing Most Dangerous Game And High Noon

Would you rather be living in a town with a murderer and his gang on the loose or be on an island with a man who kills people for his own enjoyment? In the movie, High Noon, written by Carl Foreman, the main character, Will Kane, who is the retired marshal of Hadleyville, learns that a person from his past is coming back to kill him, which leads to him asking the townspeople for help, but since nobody agrees with Kane, he must face his enemies alone. In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, the main character, Sanger Rainsford, who is an excellent hunter, has to survive on an island for three days with a madman who is trying to hunt and kill him, which leads to Rainsford being a changed man at the end of it. In both the film and the text, the themes are similar; however, the

"You'll never hang me! I'll be back! I'll kill you Kane! I swear it, I'll kill you!" (Foreman 68). This quotation from High Noon was Frank Miller, the villain, swearing that he will kill Kane for sending him up to be hanged. Miller had committed murder, so it was justifiable when Kane arrested him and sentenced him to death because he was doing it to protect his town. However, it is not justifiable when Frank Miller comes back to the town to kill Kane because he is doing it out of revenge. "Hunting? Great Guns, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder" (Connell 12). This quote from The Most Dangerous Game means that Zaroff is not in the right when he is hunting and killing people on his island because murdering people for your own enjoyment is terrible. However, Rainsford killing Zaroff at the end of the story is justifiable because he is using self-defense, and he is also protecting others by not having them go through his horrifying experience on the island. Both Rainsford and Kane killing the villain is justifiable because they want to protect themselves and