Archetypes Used In 'The Most Dangerous Game'

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Archetypes are used in a few different short stories. Archetypes can be used to describe characters. Archetypes can also be used for symbols to other people or animals. All in all, archetypes are used in some short stories and describe characters and other things. For example, In the short story. The Most Dangerous game, General Zaroff is like a shadow. He possesses the trait of an evil man because he is a hunter of men. He likes to hunt men because that is the only thing that gives him a thrill, so it makes him a murderer and an evil person. So, shadow represents him because it is very evil to hunt men and want to kill them. Another example would be Montresor, he is like a betrayer. He is like that because he says he