Short+Story+Literary+Devices+-+The+Most+Dangerous+Game

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game

Point of View: 3rd person

Protagonist: Rainsford What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and Dynamic

Antagonist: Zaroff

Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere) near 1900’s. On Ship trap island. It is full of suspense.

Type of Conflict: Man vrs Man.

Describe the main conflict: Rainsford needs to get back home and the only real way to do that is to beat and kill Zaroff.

Describe the Climax of the Story: Where Rainsford appears in Zaroff’s room, when Zaroff returns.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He goes from being a hunter, to becoming prey, to being a hunter once again.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The tilte relates to the theme because the title is the most dangerous game, and that’s what the theme is about.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? Giving it suspense?

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?He appears in Zaroff’s room, killing off Zaroff, he becomes the most dangerous game.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile: “The sea was as flat as a plate glass window”

Metaphor: “Yes, He was a monster.”

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Personification: Where the sea licks the shadows?

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Symbol: Everything about the story is the symbol.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Foreshadowing (give both elements): The gunshots in the beginning and then when Rainsfford has to run from Zaroff.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Irony: Not sure.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imagery:

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Completion 4.5/6 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Content 8/10 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Effort 5/5

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">total 17.5/20