Is there a resolution in "The Most Dangerous Game," or does Rainsford experience an epiphany with no real end to the conflict?Support the answer...

I believe there is a definite resolution to Richard
Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game." It comes when Rainsford returns to
Zaroff's bedroom and begins a new hunt--one that will fulfill the revenge that Rainsford
has apparently decided to seek. The denouement is described in the final
sentence:

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He had never
slept in a better bed, Rainsford
decided.

Whether Rainsford
has an epiphany about Zaroff's style of hunt is another story. Rainsford's decision to
hunt and kill Zaroff is nothing short of murder, since Zaroff had already declared
Rainsford the winner of the hunt. Although Zaroff was himself a murderer, he was also an
honorable man, and there is no reason to believe that he would not have lived up to his
promises. Rainsford would have been safe to remain in Zaroff's home, but he chose to
continue playing Zaroff's game--this time eliminating his foe. Rainsford's contentment
at the end appears to come from more than just the comfortable bed; he seems satisfied
with Zaroff's death and, perhaps, even with being the hunter of human
prey.