Rainsford becomes at the end of the story what he's feared all along....a condone cold-blooded murder for when he learns of Zaroff's game in the beginning of the story, he is disgusted by him; however as the ending of this story is ambiguous, it is implied that Rainsford indeed becomes the hunter rather than the huntee:
(1) Rainsford: "I'm still a beast at bay" [says that he is ferocious and not at rest until he wins'
(2) Rainsford: "Get ready General Zaroff" [says that Rainsford is not quite yet done with Zaroff's "game"
(3) Narrator: "On guard, Rainsford... [on guard suggests a duel because that is what is said for most of the times when one withdraws a sword and tells his opponent to defend himself]
**It is also stated at the end that Rainsford had never slept a better bed and enjoys it alas which is why he is the hunter and ot the hunted; he has done what once horrified him and has therefore also changed
SOURCE: Apprentice Hall Literature 9
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