Question

identify one of the darker actions examined in a story or drama from this unit. in what piece is the action highlighted? what interactions or emotions prompt in the action? how would the story or drama change if the characters involved were able to overcome the darker impulse and indulge a higher intention? explain

Answer 1

The darker actions and the interactions or emotions given in the story is described below.

Explanation:

The first thing that you need to do is determine what dark actions are, and how they apply to the story.  A dark action would be something that a character does that shows something tat is dark, ie evil, bad, negative.

In the story The Most Dangerous Game, the character Sanger Rainsford, a famous big-game hunter, is stranded on an island, and found by General Zaroff, another big-game hunter.  Zaroff hunts humans in order to experience a ore challenging and engaging hunt.  He then hunts Rainsford.  Rainsford ultimately has to decide if he will kill or be killed.

There are a lot of dark actions in this story, and the above quick synopsis highlights two of them: General Zaroff decides to hunt humans for sport, and Rainsford has to decide whether to kill Zaroff or get killed.  The intentions and eotions, as you can imagine, are diverse: fear of death, anger at being hunted, the need to survive... there are more, but this will give you a start.

When thinking about how the drama changes if characters overcame the darker emotions, think about this:  Imagine how the story would change if Rainsford decided to not participate, and just sat down instead of being hunted.  Imagine what would happen if Zaroff decided to quit hunting Rainsford.  Would the men become friends, help each other?  Or would one of them die regardless?