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In response to Zaroff’s revelation that he hunts men, Rainsford draws an ethical line between hunting and murder, insisting that Zaroff is committing the latter. Rainsford’s response likely has the reader aligning themselves with him as the voice of morality standing opposed to Zaroff’s acts of murder. His chosen interjection is interesting, though, because this is a space where one might often say something like “Good Lord!” or “My God!” and instead Rainsford is invoking the power of weapons—instruments of death. Though he objects to Zaroff hunting men, he, too, participates in taking the lives of weaker beings. In this…