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setting? ( time, place, elements, description )
ship trap island which is somewhere in the Caribbean Sea; after WWI and Russian revolution
characters ( Protagonists &Antagonist )
-Zaroff (antagonist )
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Rainsford ( Protagonist )
Exposition?
Rainsford's and Whitney's conversation aboard the yacht about history of the history of the island and the superstition surrounding it. Information about Rainsford's hunting ability
raising action?
- Rainsford's hunting tricks
- any action between the exposition and climax
Climax?
Rainsford jumps off the cliff and into the sea
falling action?
- Rainsford confronts Zaroff in his bedroom
Resolution?
- Rainsford kills Zaroff and wakes up in Zaroff bed
Themes?
- don't judge a book by its cover
- what goes around comes around
Symbolism?
- the color red symbolizes death and blood-violence
Foreshadowing?
- the tile of the story
- stiff knockers on the door
-Zaroff recognized rainford and knows his hunting skills
- the mentioning of hunting
- the conversation
of the island superstition
- gunshot in the beginning/ scream
imagery?
- the blood - warm waters in the Caribbean
- appearance of Zaroff and Ivan
What is rainsford conversation with Whitney revel about Rainfords attitude toward hunting?
He doesn't believe his prey has any understanding of fear or pain. Two classes- hunters and hunties
Even before he gets to the island, rainford knows he will find people on the islands. How does he know this?
He heard the gunshots and he says "where there are gunshots there are people, there is food."
Why does rainsford feel uneasy early in his conversation with Zaroff? This is before Zaroff tells him he hunts humans?
Zaroff appearce (red lips, pointed teeth) and Zaroff stared at him.
How does Zaroff obtain most of the men he hunts?
He tricks the sailors into believing there's a safe channel for the boats to follow with lights out in the water. The boats crash and the people go to land that were on the boat
Ivan
giant man, black - beared to the waist, mute , and a bit of a savage
Why is Zaroff happy to see Rainsford on the island?
He knows Rainsford is a skilled hunter
what is the condition that would allow Rainsford to leave to island?
If rainsford survives until midnight on the 3rd day and promises to say nothing of his visit on the island
How does Zaroff ensure a win every time he goes hunting?
Zaroff has an unfair advantage
Who fosters Zaroffs love of the hunt
his farther gave him a pistol at a young age to kill sparrows and congratulated him when he killed a prize turkey
what is the double meaning for the word game?
- Game as in prey
- Game as in a completion
reference to to sharp and jagged in the story
- zaroff's teeth
- ragged rocks on the shore
- stakes at the bottom of the tiger pit
-jungle was jagged
- what was the most dangerous game to Zaroff and rainsford
Rainsford: Cape
Buffalo
Zaroff: people
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