Tuesday, December 16, 2014

What is the tone of "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell?i have to do a tone diagram on this short story but I can't understand what the...

Richard Connell manages to convey a number of tones in his
adventure short story "The Most Dangerous Game." As the title suggests, there is an
element of danger felt throughout the novel. A dangerous
mood persists when Rainsford falls of the yacht, when he meets Ivan, when he learns of
Zaroff's true motives, and during the lengthy hunt. An
ominous feel is also evident, beginning on the yacht when
Whitney and Rainsford discuss the mysterious Ship-Trap Island. Zaroff's conversation, at
first interesting to Rainsford, soon turns menacing. The tone turns to
horror when Zaroff matter-of-factly tells Rainsford about
his murderous new game, and when Rainsford discovers the fear that a prey feels when he
is being hunted. Even the ending, when Zaroff declares Rainsford the winner, but
Rainsford decides to kill him anyway, leaves the reader wondering if Rainsford has
succumbed to the same desires that plagued the general.

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