Who is the antagonist of the Most Dangerous Game

Character Analysis: “The Most Dangerous Game” The main reason I chose the antagonist in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is that there is a lot of bad features about General Zaroff, which I want to figure out. I‘m studying three traits about General Zaroff,the three traits I picked are Heartless, Smart, and unfair. “The Most Dangerous Game” is about a Russian hunter, who got bored with hunting animals. One trait is heartless because General Zaroff didn’t care for Ivan, and he treated Ivan like he was an object to be used. General Zaroff still didn’t care for Ivan, after he took his life to save General Zaroff. Another example is he enjoyed hunting humans because he said himself, he had to find a challenge, or he would fall “to

General Zaroff

Count Zaroff

Sportsmanship

Control over hunting dogs
Manipulation

Hunt everyone on his island before they can escape.

Hunting humans for sport.

Serial murder

Animal crueltyTortureRapeBlackmailKidnappingPoaching

Imprisoning people against their will

Egotistical Serial-Killer

General Zaroff is the main antagonist of the 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game by the late Richard Connell, and the 1932 live-action film adaptation of the same name.

Zaroff was a Russian Cossack serving Czar Nicholas II until his downfall and has since become a well-known game hunter. Over the years, he grew bored with hunting animals as he found them not so cunning in fighting back. Deciding to find something better to hunt, he took over an island of the coast of South America called Ship-Trap island known for the sharp rocks that tear ships apart. When marooners arrive, Zaroff offers them a place to relax at his manor before a game occurs at midnight where they must survive for three days in the wilderness of the island and he will grant them access to the boatyard to leave the island. However, during the game, Zaroff partakes in a hunt for the most dangerous game: people.

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General Zaroff

Count Zaroff

Russian Cossack

Big game hunter
Owner of Ship-Trap Island

Rifle

Hunting dogs
Manipulation

Hunting humans for sport.

Playing piano.

Hunt everyone on his island before they can escape.

Serial homicide

Animal crueltyTortureRapeBlackmailKidnappingPoaching

Imprisoning people against their will

General Zaroff, also simply known as Zaroff, is the main antagonist in the 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game by the late Richard Connell, and the 1932 live-action film adaptation of the same name. He is a former Russian Cossack who has grown tired of hunting animals and now experiments on hunting humans for his own satisfaction.

In the 1932 film adaptation, he was portrayed by the late Leslie Banks.

Biography

When Sanger Rainsford falls off his boat, he ends up at Ship-Trap Island. There, he meets General Zaroff, an older man. Zaroff was a Cossack who served in a war under Czar Nicholas II of Russia until his downfall. As a young boy, his father gave him a little gun which was specially made to hunt sparrows.

His father complimented his marksmanship on turkeys. He killed his first bear in the Caucasus. However, he later grew bored with hunting, due to the animals that he was hunting were not as cunning. So eventually, he started to hunt human beings. He fed them well and made sure that they had lots of exercises. It is made clear that he uses the channel is sharp rocks to lure in ships and trap most of his victims.

He also had a training room in his cellar. He offered to have Rainsford accompany him on the hunt, but Rainsford refused. Zaroff then declared that he would be the next to be hunted. If he refused, he would be tortured by Ivan until he agreed - in the 1932 film adaptation, he threatened to make Eve Trowbridge (a character not in the original novel) his sex slave if Rainsford wins.

The hunt begins, with Rainsford getting a head start. Zaroff, Ivan, and his dogs follow close behind. Zaroff taunts Rainsford many times. He comes close to finding his prey hiding in a tree, right above his head. Over the next two days, Rainsford is able to build traps that give him the advantage. One of them cripples Zaroff's arms, and the other kills Ivan and the dog. Zaroff corners Rainsford at a cliff edge, but Rainsford jumps off before the general can shoot him.

Zaroff returns home, but he cannot enjoy dinner because he is worried about replacing Ivan and Rainsford's fate. He goes up to his bedroom and finds Rainsford there. Zaroff is surprised and says that the hunt is over, but Rainsford says that he is now a beast. Zaroff zealously prepares for a man-on-man fight with Rainsford. In the end, it is implied that Zaroff was killed by Rainsford.

Personality

Zaroff is a psychopathic man with a thirst to hunt human beings. Despite his sociopathic and dishonorable state, he acts like a kind and chivalrous gentleman and is extremely friendly and hospitable to Rainsford when he is washed up on the shore. He considers "human hunting" to merely be a game for his own amusement, and he sets up the island as an arena for the unlucky soul who crosses his path.

Gallery

General Zaroff in the 1932 film adaptation of The Most Dangerous Game.

External Links

• General Zaroff on the Pure Evil Wiki.