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Imagine a jaguar trapped on a desolate island. Suddenly, a gunshot is heard. The jaguar turns around and sees a hunter pursuing him! It runs for cover and hides behind a bush, out of the hunter's eye, or is it? The hunter stares straight at the bush in which the jaguar lays and then walks away. The jaguar knows it's going to be hunted each day until the hunter succeeds. Its life is in jeopardy. …

…After all, a hunter doesn't give his victim food and a place to sleep. Irony is an important element in the story. From the above analysis, one can see that suspense, setting, and irony play a major role in Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game." The three elements in this story make it an action-filled tale. One would think now that Rainsford was hunted, he won't hunt anymore. He now knows how a prey feels.