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Exposition
Rainsford fell of his boat into the water, suddenly he heard gunshots and swam over to where they were. He crawled to the island and fell asleep on the shore. -
Rising Action
Rainsford gets stuck on Ship-Trap Island. Rainsford meets the antagonist, General Zaroff. General Zaroff begins to hunt Rainsford. Rainsford's first attempt to trick Zarloff is to make a series of loops (footprints on the ground) to confuse his trail. -
1st Trap
Rainsford make the first trap, the Malayan Manchatcher. It injured General Zaroff in the shoulder. -
2nd Trap
Rainsford reached the quicksand where he made his second trap. "The Burmese tiger pit" However, General Zaroff was hunting with his hounds and one one them went in the trap first and died. -
3rd Trap
Ivan follows Rainsford with the pack of hounds and dies from a hunting knife attached to a sapling tree. -
Falling Action
Rainsford steps out of the darkness and surprises Zaroff. Zaroff accepts the challenge with a smile. This ends up with Rainsford killing Zaroff and sleeping in his bed. -
Climax
Rainsford jumps off a cliff, into the sea. He survives the fall and waits for Zaroff in his house.