Essay Comparing Most Dangerous Game And High Noon

A hunter stuck on an island with an insane murderer who is hunting him, and a Marshall stuck in an isolated part of the old West who needs to stay and fight an old enemy who is coming after him. Two completely different stories, completely different people, completely different experiences, but when looked at in a different light are more similar than they first seem. These experiences are exactly what happens to Rainsford from “The Most Dangerous Game”, and Will Kane from High Noon. The two stories are very different, but there are more similarities than it seems at first glance. While the two settings of a Wild West town, and a Caribbean island might seem very different they are actually more alike than they seem. They are alike because they are both isolated, and we can tell this because in High Noon it says “Ext. Main Street. It bakes in the sun, a rather crooked and winding street that seems

In this quote we see that Kane has gone from a strong and brave Marshall to a scared man who doesn’t want to die “Kane’s hand - as it writes last will and testament” (Foreman 325) this shows that because Frank is back he is scared and thinks he will die, so he is writing his will. This is similar to what happened to Rainsford. In these two quotes it shows how he was a brave strong game hunter, but then is scared and unable to do anything “don’t talk rot, Whitney you’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels” (Connell 212) showing that he is a strong hunter, but then he it says “Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay feels” (Connell 231) this quote shows that he is now scared and is unable to do anything, and this shows how he is not powerless and scared just like Kane. These two people are very different, but they have very similar qualities and