The Most Dangerous Game

What, ultimately is "the most dangerous game"? Does "game" refer to the hunted (game animals), or to the competition between Rainsford and Zaroff? Or both? Does that change the meaning of the story?

What, ultimately is "the most dangerous game"? Does "game" refer to the hunted (game animals), or to the competition between Rainsford and Zaroff? Or both? Does that change the meaning of the story?

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The most dangerous "game can be defined in two ways.... the game between two men, in which one will die, and one will survive, or the most dangerous animal.... humanity.

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