Irony In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Cornell

The Most Dangerous Game Analysis “The Most Dangerous Game” is an interesting story and the author Richard Cornell uses many literary techniques and descriptive text to write the story. In his short story he uses a lot of irony, imagery and foreshadowing to make the story suspenseful. The use of these literary devices suggests that Connell wanted to make the readers feel a sense of fear and danger. This forces readers to stay on their toes at all times and to make them want to keep reading. As we analysis the story we find out that the protagonist Rainsford, a pro hunter is about to see how it feels to be on the other side of the gun for once in his life. The Most Dangerous Game uses a lot of irony to give readers that ah-ha moment. The most ironic thing that happens in the most dangerous game

The story begins with the author saying that it is a dark and stormy night setting. Everything is just froze, the night is thick, and visibility is almost non-existent. Whitney goes on to make a suggestion and says “Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing with wave lengths, just as sound and light have”. Darkness establishes the tone for the story’s mystery and terror. Darkness also places Rainsford at a disadvantage, when he falls in the ocean he has no hope of someone hearing his fall or seeing where he fell. Connell often strings together a series of descriptive words to explain the setting as best as possible. For example, “There was a medieval magnificence about it; it suggested a baronial hall of feudal times with its oaken panels, its high ceiling, its vast refectory tables where twoscore men could sit down to eat. About the hall were mounted heads of many animals--lions, tigers, elephants, moose, bears; larger or more perfect specimens Rainsford had never seen”. In this particular part of the story the author is describing general Zarroffs dining