The Last of the Mohicans 2
In the movie " Last of the Mohicans" the character Hawkeye displays many characteristics that make him an American romantic hero. Throughout the entire movie he displays these characteristics. The most prominent of these being his closeness with nature. His sense of honor based not on society's rules but on some higher principal, his knowledge of people and of life based on deep, intuitive understanding, not on formal learning, and his quests for some higher truth in the natural world.The hero, Hawkeye portrays his closeness with nature as his most prominent advantage. On his quest to help other people, he exemplifies his sense of honor in his search for a higher truth in the natural world. He first shows this during the movie when he and his friend chase down a deer in the forest and kill it. The deer is obviously faster and more agile than a human is, but Hawkeye still manages to conquer it. After the kill, Hawkeye and his Indian friends thank the deer and acknowledge the deer's strength and agility. He has a moment to honor the deer because in his mind the animal is equal to himself. This shows Hawkeye's sense of honor based not on society's rules but on some higher principal. He shows
When the Colonial Americans want to leave Monroe's fort, Hawkeye helps them because they are his friends and he believes that it is the right thing to do no matter what the cost. The English arrest him for this and contain him. When they come under attack by the Huron Indians, Hawkeye fights them and saves his new love, Cora. He does not display his love for Cora at first because Officer Duncan is in love with her and plans to be wed to her as soon as they return to England. Hawkeye honors Duncan so he does not show his love for her. His knowledge of people and of life based on deep, intuitive understanding, not on formal learning is displayed throughout the movie. As a person close to nature and educated in the ways of the American Indian, Hawkeye possesses skills necessary to survive during this period in history. The most prominent aspect of Hawkeye's quest is that he is a white man raised as an Indian. He has been brought up to know the ways of the Indian and be one with the natural world. Being an Indian only feeds his desire to find a higher truth in the natural world. This character contained all of the major characteristics of a classic American romantic hero. He possessed skills
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