ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Fear. Connell’s story, “The Most Dangerous Game", deals with the theme of fear in a unique way. Of course, fear can be seen in Rainsford when he is hunted by Zaroff in the woods of Ship Trap Island. It is the fear as a distinction between species that is represented in this story as the most important, though.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are many suspenseful events in “The Most Dangerous Game.” These events include Rainsford’s conversation where he finds out Zaroff hunts people, Rainsford’s getting caught in the tree, and Rainsford jumping off the cliff into the ocean at the end.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reason versus Instinct Pitting Rainsford and General Zaroff against each other in the hunt allows Connell to blur the line between hunter and prey, human and animal, to suggest that instinct and reason are not as mutually exclusive as people have traditionally thought.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the short story, ” The most Dangerous game", the author, Richard Connell uses a life or death conflict, an ominous setting, and suspenseful tone to reveal the theme that, sometimes you have to go against your morals in order to survive. Killing is never easy but sometimes is the only way out.

Detailed explanation-5: -“The Most Dangerous Game” consists of three central themes: fear makes an individual crazy, arrogance causes hurtful actions, and some experiences have the potential to alter an individual’s opinion.