The Most Dangerous Game Vs Amontillado Essay

Dangerous game/amontillado rough draft

Imagine that you are stranded on an island. Now imagine meeting Zaroff, a psychotic madman who wants to hunt you down like an animal, and the only way off is to kill him. Compare that to being buried alive in a catacomb by your best friend Montresor3. Sounds like a fun time, right? Murder can be a powerful tool, life changing even, but why would people want to kill just for fun? Let’s find out.

Have you ever read a story by Richard Connell called “The Most Dangerous Game”? If you haven’t, you probably shouldn’t unless you’re into murder of the innocent. Same goes with “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. Both of these stories are dark and evil, as they focus on betrayal, murder, and deception. Zaroff from the first story buys and island and makes a mansion in the middle of nowhere to go hunting. Sounds somewhat normal,

They both used things they owned to lure their victims in, Zaroff using the false lighthouse and Montresor using wine. Both of their victims didn’t realize what was happening, yet they both treated one of their victims with respect even while they were murdering them. They are also both very rich, intelligent, and enjoy killing. Their homes are also a tool used to kill people. Depending on how you look at it, Montresor can be considered the more rational one. While he killed his friend in a cruel way, he somewhat had a reason to do it. He thought that he was getting revenge while Zaroff didn’t have as good as a reason. Zaroff continually murdered innocent people that he made shipwreck on his island. One thing that’s pretty twisted is that they didn’t view themselves as murders. Montresor viewed it as taking revenge, and Zaroff views it as ridding the earth of the people god put there for him to kill. Now if you don’t think that’s messed up, then there’s something wrong with