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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Key Examples in The Most Dangerous Game
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Explanation and Analysis:
“The Most Dangerous Game” is set in the Caribbean in the early 20th century. The story opens aboard a yacht sailing to the Amazon, where Rainsford and his hunting partner, Whitney, intend to hunt jaguars. One night, Whitney points out a strange island known only as "Ship-Trap Island." After Rainsford falls overboard in the middle of the night and washes up on the island, the remainder of the plot unfolds there. Ship-Trap Island is home to a dense jungle and, most importantly, the massive home of General Zaroff:
Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights. He came upon them as he turned a crook in the coast line; and his first thought was that he had come upon a village, for there were many lights. But as he forged along he saw to his great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building—a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom.
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