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external conflict
What are 3 conflicts in The Most Dangerous Game?
man, man vs. nature, and man vs. self
are the three conflicts that occur throughout Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” The first conflict, man vs. man, is illustrated in Rainsford’s attempt to outrun and outwit the skilled General Zaroff.
What is the main conflict in the story The Most Dangerous Game?
The main conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game” is simply that
Rainsford, the protagonist, wants to leave Ship-Trap Island safely and unharmed by Zaroff, the antagonist
. Zaroff is hunting Rainsford and wants to kill him for fun.
What is the man vs society conflict in The Most Dangerous Game?
society. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” there was Man vs. man conflict at the beginning when
Rainsford and Whitley are arguing about whether hunting is right or not
. … society conflict is shown when General Zaroff must leave home and go to his island to thrill himself by killing humans.
What is Rainsford’s first major conflict?
So, the very first conflict Rainsford has is
with nature and trying to survive the ocean
. After that, the main conflict in the story is against Zaroff as Rainsford is hunted.
How is the conflict between Rainsford and Zaroff resolved?
The conflict between Rainsford and Zaroff is brought about by Zaroff’s irrational desire to hunt and animal of intelligence, a bill which Rainsford readily fills. It is resolved
when a more intelligent Rainsford out thinks Zaroff and overcomes him in his own bedroom at the end of the story
.
What is Rainsfords epiphany?
Rainsford realizes that
the general is toying with him when he turns back, and he decides he will need to up his game and not lose his nerve
. When Rainsford is first told by General Zaroff that he is hunting human beings, he is shocked.
What is the theme for most dangerous game?
The central theme of “The Most Dangerous Game” is
murder
. Its main characters, Sangor Rainsford and General Zaroff, are both hunters, and Rainsford justifies killing by claiming that animals can’t feel.
What is the conflict between Rainsford and Ivan?
Ivan is certainly a cruel man, practiced at causing pain for fun. Rainsford chooses to be the prey. The third external conflict is
character vs. nature when Rainsford has to fight his way first through the water when he falls in, and then through the jungle
.
How is general Zaroff surprised at the end?
At the end, General Zaroff was surprised that
Rainsford survived the drop and managed to sneak back into the generals room
. According to Zaroff, what are the outcomes for the winner and loser? The winner gets to return home and the loser is killed by Zaroff and fed to the hounds.
What is the summary of The Most Dangerous Game?
“The Most Dangerous Game” is a 1924
short story by Richard Connell in which Sanger Rainsford must fight for his life while being hunted for sport
. After washing ashore on an island, big-game hunter Rainsford realizes that General Zaroff, the island’s owner, hunts humans for sport, having grown bored of hunting animals.
What is General Zaroff’s conflict with his favorite sport?
The external conflict is
man versus man
, as General Zaroff relentlessly hunts Rainsford through the jungle. The internal conflict is man versus himself, shown in the story by Rainsford’s experience of the hopelessness felt by exhausted prey animals, which gives him an entirely new perspective on the sport of hunting.
Who does Rainsford meet first?
Rainsford first meets
Ivan
, the general’s intimidating servant. He is the man who answers the door and holds a pistol to Rainsford’s chest. According to Zaroff, Ivan is a fellow Cossack who is both deaf and mute. It is later revealed that Ivan used to be the “official knouter to the Great White Czar.”
What does Zaroff say about himself?
General Zaroff thinks of himself as civilized for two reasons. First, he has all the trappings of aristocracy — nice clothes, a butler, a fine mansion with a hunting preserve. Second,
he sees hunting as a very civilized pursuit
(as it is seen by, for example, English aristocrats).
How does Rainsford change throughout the story?
Rainsford
transforms into a “beast at bay” and changes his perspective of hunting altogether
. Rainsford’s outlook on life transforms when he becomes the vulnerable prey and gains empathy for the animals he used to hunt.
At what point in the story do we learn the outcome of the conflict between Zaroff and Rainsford?
Second, since the game that Zaroff created is one of life and death, the game and conflict is only resolved
when Rainsford goes on the offense and attacks Zaroff
. In the last scene of the story Rainsford meets Zaroff in his house and presumably kills him.
