At the ending of this story, it is not clear that there really is a difference between Rainsford and Zaroff. At least, some have said that the ending implies that Rainsford may just step into Zaroff's place and start hunting himself.
However, you can argue that they are different, especially if you don't believe this interpretation of the ending. While Rainsford does like to hunt, he does nothing that shows that he is brutal like Zaroff. Rainsford does set all sorts of traps for Zaroff, but that is completely self-defense. Rainsford kills Zaroff, not in self-defense, but it's hard to imagine what else he should have done -- go to sleep and hope Zaroff wouldn't come kill him?
So, I think that Rainsford is not cruel and inhuman like Zaroff is. Rainsford is only violent when he needs to be.
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