Is there a common theme in the short story The Necklace and the short story The Most Dangerous Game?

Answer 1

No, one deals with a social-climbing stunt- a wealthy woman loans a valuable prop ( or what is assumed to be) to a middle-class woman to wear to a party- the item is mysteriously lost.. then the lead character feels conscience stricken to launch a campaign to get up the value of the piece- which takes years and she is reduced to poverty in the interim- it turns out- the piece was an inexpensive wearing copy- not real diamonds at all- O Henry did a similar yarn where in a sense, the Bad Guy was the Bank of Richmond, circa l862! - there are no real evil people in (Nec klace_ though pride run amuck is a thematic, and the social-climbing stunt reduces the victim to poverty, instead of a luxury front. Ont he other hand the Most Dangerous Game deals with the reactions of man who is marooned somehow ( accident, ship wreck, something like that_ on an Island dominated by a Mad Russian ( this was written in Czarist times_ who pursues indeed the most dangerous Game- People-hunting, ( not treasure hunting or elaborate props_ here there is real violence and escape and evasion. a film was based on the story called also The Hounds of Zaroff, who was the mad Muscovite man. in the Hunting story=- I detect a vague hint of homosexuality... He smokes perfume-scented cigarettes .

Answer 2

Both "The Necklace" and "The Most Dangerous Game" explore the theme of the consequences of desire and obsession. In "The Necklace," the main character's desire for wealth leads to unforeseen consequences, while in "The Most Dangerous Game," the protagonist's obsession with hunting leads to a dangerous game of survival. Both stories highlight how unchecked desires can have negative repercussions.