Read the excerpt from 'The Most Dangerous Game," by
Compare the film adaptation of the scene to the text.
Richard Connell.
Which analysis best explains the effect of adding the
His foot touched the protruding bough that was the
female character to the scene in the film adaptation?
trigger. Even as he touched it, the general sensed his
danger and leaped back with the agility of an ape. But he
O She advances the plot. Having her run through the
was not quite quick enough; the dead tree, delicately
jungle moves the events of the story along.
adjusted to rest on the cut living one, crashed down and
• She serves a practical function. Using her bracelet 1
struck the
general a glancing blow on the shoulder as it
create the trap makes it more realistic to the
fell; but for his alertness, he must have been smashed
audience.
it. beneath it. He staggered, but he did not fall; nor did he
drop his revolver. He stood there, rubbing his injured
•
She raises the stakes. Giving the audience another
shoulder, and Rainsford, with fear again gripping his
character to care about increases the suspense level
heart, heard the general's mocking laugh ring through the
• She balances the film by providing a woman's
jungle.
perspective of the events that unfold in the jungle.
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