The Deer Hunt on the Seine

Dingo

This thread contrasts Dingo’s independent pursuit with the organized violence and spectator pleasure of the hunt.

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The Hunt Draws a Crowd The Hunt Draws a Crowd from "Dingo". Spectators Gather A Public Occasion Riders, fashionable visitors, villagers, and working people assemble to watch a hunt pass through the forest.

The Hunt Draws a Crowd from "Dingo". Spectators Gather A Public Occasion Riders, fashionable visitors, villagers, and working people assemble to watch a hunt pass through the forest.

Spectators Gather A Public Occasion Riders, fashionable visitors, villagers, and working people assemble to watch a hunt pass through the forest. Anticipated Violence The crowd discusses the best place for the kill and hopes for torches, blood, and a dramatic finish.

The Deer Reaches the River The Deer Reaches the River from "Dingo". A Flight Toward Water The Pack Approaches The hunting dogs and riders drive a deer toward the Seine as the spectators strain to follow the distant sounds.

The Deer Reaches the River from "Dingo". A Flight Toward Water The Pack Approaches The hunting dogs and riders drive a deer toward the Seine as the spectators strain to follow the distant sounds.

A Flight Toward Water The Pack Approaches The hunting dogs and riders drive a deer toward the Seine as the spectators strain to follow the distant sounds. A Life Reduced to Spectacle The crowd’s impatience focuses less on the fleeing animal’s fear than on where it will die.

Dingo Joins the Chase Dingo Joins the Chase from "Dingo". The Unexpected Hound A Familiar Figure The narrator recognizes Dingo among the dogs pursuing the deer and feels ashamed to see him join the mounted hunters.

Dingo Joins the Chase from "Dingo". The Unexpected Hound A Familiar Figure The narrator recognizes Dingo among the dogs pursuing the deer and feels ashamed to see him join the mounted hunters.

The Unexpected Hound A Familiar Figure The narrator recognizes Dingo among the dogs pursuing the deer and feels ashamed to see him join the mounted hunters. Instinct Takes Command Dingo ignores the narrator’s call and drives forward, absorbed in the pursuit.

The Kill Celebrated The Kill Celebrated from "Dingo". Violence Becomes Festival A Frenzied Crowd The deer weakens in the river as dogs close around it and a huntsman approaches with a dagger.

The Kill Celebrated from "Dingo". Violence Becomes Festival A Frenzied Crowd The deer weakens in the river as dogs close around it and a huntsman approaches with a dagger.

Violence Becomes Festival A Frenzied Crowd The deer weakens in the river as dogs close around it and a huntsman approaches with a dagger. Public Exultation Cheers, gestures, and advancing riders turn the animal’s death into communal entertainment, which the narrator perceives as a kind of savage pillage.

A Voice Against the Hunt A Voice Against the Hunt from "Dingo". One Spectator Refuses A Cry of Hatred A peasant woman denounces the riders and crowd as the deer is killed.

A Voice Against the Hunt from "Dingo". One Spectator Refuses A Cry of Hatred A peasant woman denounces the riders and crowd as the deer is killed.

One Spectator Refuses A Cry of Hatred A peasant woman denounces the riders and crowd as the deer is killed. The Narrator’s Unease The narrator takes Dingo away on a lead, troubled that the dog has become part of the very violence he once condemned in humans.

An autumn afternoon in the forest near Veneux-Nadon

At dusk during the chase

Moments before the deer enters the Seine

As the deer is surrounded in the Seine

Immediately after the deer is killed