Though a brave and active man, as a characterization he is limited to unoriginality because he comes straight from the stereotyped tradition of the sentimental novel.
Major Duncan Heyward The sentimental hero in the second love story. He is technically the main protagonist because of his abiding position in the total plot and because of his pervading image as the upright, ideal individualist who has taken unto himself the best of both civilization and so-called savagery. Hawkeye His real name is Natty Bumppo, and his wide reputation as a rifleman has given him the additional moniker of La Longue Carabine. He functions as a comic persona and as a partially developing character reacting to conditions of the frontier. Popularly called Le Cerf Agile, he is a significant participant in one of the two love stories in the novel, and his tragic death marks the death of the entire tribe of Mohicans.ĭavid Gamut Follows the profession of the psalmodist, carrying his faith through song into the wilderness. Uncas The son of Chingachgook, he is the last of the Mohicans. Chingachgook Known also as Le Gros Serpent, he is the noble Mohican woodsman who has been the life-long friend of Hawkeye.
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