Menggali Eksistensi Rainsford dan Zaroff, Analisis Filosofis terhadap The Most Dangerous Game Karya Richard Connell

• Main Author: Edria Sandika
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jurusan Bahasa Inggris Politeknik Negeri Padang 2018-03-01
• Series: Journal Polingua: Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Education
• Subjects: existentialism; the most dangerous game; bad faith; authenticity; survival; philosophy.
• Online Access: http://polingua.org/index.php/polingua/article/view/10

This article discusses famous short story by Richard Connell entitled The Most Dangerous Game. It seek to explore the meaning of main characters’ existence from philosophical perspective. The finding of this article is that both main characters (Zaoff and Rainsford) each represent the concept of bad faith and authentic in search of their existence. This short stories itself also represents the importance of existence/survival facing the reality of hunting and being hunted.