How do Zaroff in “Most Dangerous Game” and Montressor in “Cask of Amontillado” show their insanity? Support your answer with evidence from both selections

EXAMPLE - Connecting S.A.Q. (Crossover)

How do Zaroff in “Most Dangerous Game” and Montressor in “Cask of Amontillado” show their insanity? Support your answer with evidence from BOTH selections.

C -	Zaroff and Montressor both show their insanity in the way they treat other human beings.
E1 - R1 -	Zaroff shares with Rainsford the fact that he has “a dozen pupils” in the cellar. (p.71) Here, it is obvious how insane Zaroff is for casually calling them students when he is actually enslaving humans to train them as quarry.
E2 - R2 -	Montressor explains to the reader that “when [Fortunato] ventured upon insult, [he] vowed revenge.” (p.97) Montressor killed Fortunato simply for insulting him. What he believed to be a justified act of revenge was actually an extreme act of unnecessary cruelty.

Zaroff and Montressor both show their insanity in the way they treat other human beings. At dinner, Zaroff shares with Rainsford the fact that he has “a dozen pupils” in the cellar. Here, Zaroff casually speaks about enslaving humans to train them as quarry. Montresor shows he’s insane too as he explains to the reader that “when [Fortunato] ventured upon insult, [he] vowed revenge.” Montresor killed Fortunato simply for insulting him. What he believed to be a justified act of revenge was actually an extreme act of unnecessary cruelty. Both characters treated other human beings in a way that only people twisted in the minds could think of.



“also shows” – Notice how I added some transitioning words.

>> If you have room, add a closing sentence to wrap your thoughts up nicely.


HOMEWORK - Connecting S.A.Q. (Crossover)

What is one similarity between the actions of Zaroff and the actions of Montresor?

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Your Crossover S.A.Q. Assignment:

What is one similarity between the actions of Zaroff in “Most Dangerous Game” and the actions of Montresor in “Cask of Amontillado”?

Your Claim might begin something like this:

One similarity between the actions of Zaroff and Montresor is that both characters…

If you did not get one piece of text evidence from each story during class, then you may search for the story online yourself or use these links:

“Most Dangerous Game” http://fiction.eserver.org/short/the_most_dangerous_game.html

“Cask if Amontillado” http://fiction.eserver.org/short/the_cask_of_amontillado.html

Important Tips:

Remember to EMBED your text evidence (you might do this by telling me VERY BRIEFLY where this quote came from, what was happening during the moment, who said or did this, OR when or why did they say or do this). Be sure to provide REASONING for each piece of evidence. Also read the side notes that I provided on the example (on the other side of this page).