Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allan Poe And Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Zaroff vs Montressor What makes a true villain? In the stories “Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, there are two evil villains named Montressor and Zaroff. In many ways these two villains are evil and diabolical, but only one can prevail as the worst. It seems clear that the most scary, evil, and terrifying of the duo is Zaroff. Some may say that Montressor is more of a villain, but that is incorrect for many various reasons. One way that Zaroff is more evil is how he hunts and kills many more people. In the story it quotes, “It must have courage, cunning, and above all it must be able to reason.” This can show how Zaroff is a villain by explaining that he is hunting people rather than animals. Some may say that Montressor is the worst villain because he lets his opponent suffer. This is true, but Zaroff builds up his game, and then he completely demolishes them. This can also show how Zaroff hunts tons of people because he trains them all at once.

In the story Rainsford says to Zaroff, “Hunting? Great Guns, General Zaroff what you speak of is murder.” This reveals how in “Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford thinks that Zaroff is strictly killing people for self pleasure and fun, which is far worse than anything that Montressor did. Others may exclaim that Zaroff got caught which makes him less of a villain because his plans failed. This is by no means true because the author, Richard Connell, does not directly tell the reader if Rainsford made it off the island to tell of what Zaroff does. This can also show that Zaroff will go to the extremes to kill his prey because it is his drive to