The+Most+Dangerous+Game

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game

Point of View: 3rd Person, Limited Omniscient

Protagonist: Sanger Rainsford What type of character is the Protagonist?

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting A secluded island in the Caribbean Probably in the 1920's The mood is similar to the mood of a scared deer. Describe the island/mansion!

Type of Conflict: man vs man

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict of the story is that in order to escape the island, Rainsford must be hunted by Zaroff.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when Zaroff retreats to his bedroom where Rainsford is hiding, and the two of them fight.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? Rainsford changes over the course of the story by believing at the beginning that animals that were hunted did not have feelings about it, but after being hunted, he realizes what it feels like to be on the other end of the spectrum.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title of "The Most Dangerous Game", and the theme of the story, which is about empathy, are related in the way that Rainsford was playing a dangerous game by thinking that the animals he hunts do not have feelings or fear. Eventually, he was going to have to realize that they do, and he learned this lesson the hard way.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The main conflict, when Zaroff forces Rainsford to be hunted, illustrates the theme in the way that now that Rainsford is being hunted, he understands what it must feel like to be a hunted animal.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The climax illustrates the theme by showing that now that Rainsford knows how it feels to be hunted, he knows that it is very wrong to hunt humans, and that Zaroff must be stopped.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Simile: "It's like moist black velvet!"

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Metaphor: "... evil is a tangible thing - with wavelengths..."

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Personification: "... the muttering and growling of the sea..."

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Symbol: The forest on the island represents how twisted the people living on it are. The forest is "... a closely knit web of weeds and trees..." just as Zaroff is building a tight empire on his own with no care for morality.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): Whitney mentions how the island is cursed and such, and Rainsford mentions how no one cares about how the hunted animal feels. During the story, Rainsford experiences the curse of the island and how the hunted animal feels.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Irony: General Zaroff mentions that he tries to be civilized on his secluded island, but instead he turns out to hunt humans for fun, which is not very civilized at all.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Imagery : "He was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which Rainsford had come. His eyes, too, were black and very bright. He had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">..."

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The class theme of choices is related to the story in the way that Zaroff decided that no wild game was fun enough anymore, so he decided to hunt humans, who can think and feel, and relate differently than animals. The choices that Zaroff makes eventually lead to his death, because someone from outside of his little empire, realized how twisted Zaroff's choices had become.

Completion 5/5 Effort 4/5 Content 4/5 total 13/15 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? 2/2 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">That means that the suspense that Rainsford was feeling at that moment was making the time drag until he could see if his trap had worked.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? 2/2 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">That meant that even though Rainsford had won the game, he had not won because the opponent had lost, he won because the time was up. Also, he now knows <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">what it feels like to be hunted, and he won't be able to hunt so cold-blooded anymore.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? 1/1 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The Caribbean Sea.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style?1 /2 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">His father was very rich, so obviously Zaroff got some inheritance.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? 1/1 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Freedom, as long as he does not speak of the island.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 6. What happened to Lazarus?2 /2 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Lazarus, one of Zaroff's hunting dogs, followed one of the "prey" into the quicksand on the island, and was sucked in.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? 1/1 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">In a tree.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea?1 /1 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">250,000

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins?1 /1 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">They leave lighter prints on the ground, which makes tracking harder.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. 2/3 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Zaroff managed to trail him at night through the forest, he smiles, and he deliberately blows a smoke ring towards Rainsford's hiding spot. Yes, I think he was right.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /1/2 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">He traps anyone who's ship got stuck nearby and trains them up so they are worthy opponents.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? 1/2 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">At the end of the story, Zaroff was killed by Rainsford in a duel in his rooms.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? 2/2 <span style="color: #000000; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Zaroff congratulates Rainsford because he assumes he is going to win, no matter what kind of obstacles Rainsford puts in his way. He congratulates him also because he is impressed that Rainsford knew how to make the mancatcher.

<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? 1/2 <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">When Rainsford starts his trail, the story says that he sprinted away from the castle for two hours.

<span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 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.)5/5 <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Before Rainsford comes to the island, he thinks the world is separated into the hunters and the hunted. He thinks that animals such as the jaguar have no understanding of anything other than their instincts. He brushes off Whitney's comment about how animals understand fear, and continues on with the conversation, calling the comment "nonsense". After he spends time on the island, Rainsford has lived for a few days from the perspective of a hunted animal, and realizes and understands how they must feel. He mentions that he is "... still a beast at bay..." because he now knows what it is like to be on the other end and can no longer hunt cold-blooded as he used to.

<span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. 3/3 <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The author makes the characters and the story scary by implying that things happen, such as when Zaroff suggests Rainsford look at his "... new collection of heads..." implying that he has a collection of human heads without having to describe them. Also, at the end, Connell makes it obvious that Rainsford won the duel without describing it by mentioning that Rainsford gets to sleep in the bed.

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Screenplay

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME TRAILER

1. FADE IN COMPANY GRAPHIC

SJKM Productions

2. FADE IN PRODUCER GRAPHIC

Produced by Shelby Kutyn and Jenna Miller

3. QUIET MUSIC STARTS AND SLOW AERIAL SHOT OF ISLAND

WHITNEY (VO) Somewhere - is a large island... it’s rather a mystery.

RAINSFORD (VO) What island is it?

WHITNEY (VO) The old charts call it ’Ship-Trap Island’. Sailors have a curious dread of the place.

4. CUT TO (ML)

RAINSFORD falling into the water

5. OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT

RAINSFORD knocking on ZAROFF’S door, IVAN opens with a rifle.

6. SUSPENSE MUSIC FADES IN, SLOW TRACKING SHOT

RAINSFORD and ZAROFF sitting at the table.

ZAROFF It is a very great pleasure to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home.

7. CUT TO WS

RAINSFORD and ZAROFF admiring the head collection in ZAROFF’S house.

RAINSFORD Is there big game on this island?

ZAROFF The biggest.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 2.

RAINSFORD What have you imported, General? Tigers?

ZAROFF No, I hunt more dangerous game.

8. REACTION SHOT OF RAINSFORD

9. CUT TO FAST MOTION HAND HELD POV OF PATH, MUSIC INTENSIFIES

RAINSFORD running through the forest, hearing hounds howling.

10. CUT TO LOW ANGLE SHOT

ZAROFF slowly walking with a rifle, looking around and smiling.

11. CUT TO BLACK BACKGROUND, MUSIC QUIETS

RAINSFORD (VO) The world is made up of two classes - hunters, and the huntees.

12. CUT TO PAN SHOT, MUSIC GROWS LOUDER AND MORE SUSPENSFUL

RAINSFORD and ZAROFF swordfighting.

13. CUT TO BLACK BACKGROUND, MUSIC QUIETS

ZAROFF (VO) You’ll find this game worth playing...

14. CUT TO LOW ANGLE SHOT, MUSIC GROWS FAST AND BUILDS

RAINSFORD running through bushes.

15. CUT TO POV PEDESTAL SHOT

ZAROFF looking up at the tree.

16. CUT TO ML SHOT OF TIGER PIT, DOG YELPING

ZAROFF’S dog falling into the pit.

17. SLOW MOTION LONG SHOT,MUSIC STOPS SUDDENLY

RAINSFORD jumping off the cliff into the ocean.

18. CUT TO BLACK BACKGROUND, MUSIC LOW AND SUSPENSFUL

ZAROFF (VO) ... and the stake is not without value.

19. FADE IN CU, MUSIC CLIMAX

ZAROFF grinning evilly.

ZAROFF (VO) To date I have not lost.

20. CUT TO BLACK BACKGROUND, FADE IN GRAPHIC, MUSIC DECREASES

The Most Dangerous Game

21. FADE IN ADDITIONAL GRAPHIC

Coming Soon to Theatres

22. FADE IN END GRAPHIC

Directed by Steven Spielburg