The-last-of-Mohicans最后一个莫西干人

1404四组PPTTHELASTOFTHEMOHICANSThenovelBackgroundCharacters’relationshipMainPlotThemeCharacters’relationshipCoraMunroAliceMunroDuncanHeywardHawkeyeChingachgookUncasMaguaDaughtersofLieutenantColonelMunroAsoldierchargedwithescortingCoraandAliceMunrofromFortEdwardtoFortWilliamHenry.AwhitetrapperraisedbytheMohicantribeHawkeye'sMohicanfriendThesonofChingachgook,heisthelastoftheMohicans.AdeceitfulHuronguidewhowantsCoraashiswife.BackgroundOCoopersetthisnovelduringtheSevenYears'War,aninternationalconflictbetweenGreatBritainandFrance,whichhadafrontinNorthAmericaknownbytheAnglo-AmericancolonistsastheFrenchandIndianWar.TheconflictarrayedBritishcolonialsettlersandminimalregularforcesagainstroyalFrenchforces,withbothsidesalsorelyingonNativeAmericanallies.ThewarwasfoughtprimarilyalongthefrontiersoftheBritishcoloniesfromVirginiatoNovaScotia.THEPLOTIn1757,Munro’sdaughtersAliceandCorasetoutfromFortEdwardtovisittheirfather,escortedthroughthedangerousforestbyDuncanHeywardandguidedbyanIndiannamedMagua.SoontheyarejoinedbyDavidGamut,asingingmaster.Travelingcautiously,thegroupencountersthewhitescoutNattyBumppo,whogoesbythenameHawkeye,andhistwoIndiancompanions,ChingachgookandUncas,theonlysurvivingmembersoftheoncegreatMohicantribe.HawkeyesaysthatMagua,aHuron(休伦人）,hasbetrayedthegroupbyleadingtheminthewrongdirection.TheMohicansattempttocapturethetraitorousHuron,butheescapes.HawkeyeandtheMohicansleadthegrouptosafetyinacavenearawaterfall,butHuronalliesofMaguaattackearlythenextmorning.HawkeyeandtheMohicansescapedowntheriver,MaguaandtheHuronscaptureHeyward,Gamut,andtheMunrosisters,andMaguaofferstosparethepartyifCorabecomeshiswife,butsherefuses.Uponasecondrefusal,hesentencestheprisonerstodeath.HawkeyeandtheMohicansrescueallfour,andleadthemtoadilapidatedbuilding.Theyarenearlyattackedagain,buttheHuronsleavethearea,ratherthandisturbthegravesoftheirownfellow-countrymen.Thenextday,HawkeyeleadsthepartytoFortHenry,pastasiegebytheFrencharmy.MunrosendsHawkeyetoFortEdwardforreinforcements;butheiscapturedbytheFrench,whodeliverhimtoFortHenrywithouttheletter.HeywardreturnstoColonelMunroandannounceshisloveforAlice,andMunrogiveshispermissionforHeyward'scourtship.Afewdayslater,theEnglishforcescallforatruce.Munrolearnsthathewillreceivenoreinforcementsforthefortandwillhavetosurrender.HerevealstoHeywardthatCora’smotherwaspart“Negro,”whichexplainsherdarkcomplexionandravenhair.MunroaccusesHeywardofracismbecausehepreferstomarryblondeAliceoverdarkCora,butHeywarddeniesthecharge.DuringthewithdrawaloftheEnglishtroopsfromFortWilliamHenry,theIndianalliesoftheFrenchindulgetheirbloodlustandpreyuponthevulnerableretreatingsoldiers.Inthechaosofslaughter,MaguamanagestorecaptureCora,Alice,andGamutandtoescapewiththemintotheforest.MaguaandhisHuronssufferpainfuldefeat,butarogueHuronkillsCora.UncasbeginstoattacktheHuronwhokilledCora,butMaguastabsUncasintheback.Maguatriestoleapacrossagreatdivide,buthefallsshortandmustclingtoashrubtoavoidtumblingoffanddying.Hawkeyeshootshim,andMaguaatlastplummetstohisdeath.Heroismisthemainthemeofthisbook.Inthenative,wild,virginalcountryofAmerica,wherelifeisuncertainatalltimes,thecharactersstandfortheirinherentbravery.Questionpart