TheLastoftheMohicansissetinupstateNewYork,intheareaborderingCanada,duringtheFrenchandIndianWarinthemid-eighteenthcentury.Thesettingchangesrapidlyfromonescenetoanotherthroughoutthenovel,movingfromFortEdwardtothewildernessaroundLakeGeorgetoFortWilliamHenrytoIndiansettlements.

　　Protagonists

　　InTheLastoftheMohicans,nosinglepersoncanbeidentifiedastheprotagonist,noteventheactuallastoftheMohicans,Uncas.Itisrathertheentirepartyofgoodcharacters.Duncan,Hawkeye,Cora,Alice,Uncas,ChingachgookandevenDavidhaveallthecharacteristicsofheroes.Theyarebrave,practical,andveryloyal.Theyfacemanyhardships,yetremaindeterminedandfirm.Theyfighttheirenemieswithcourageandshrewdnessandthatiswhytheentiregroupofthesebravemenandwomencanbetermedastheprotagonists.

　　Antagonist

　　TheantagonistisnoneotherthanMagua.HeisdeterminedtotakerevengeonMunrobymarryinghisdaughterCoraandmakingherhiswife.Heisextremelycourageousand,despitemanysetbacks,continuestoattacktheprotagonists.Heisamanwhoisnotloyaltoanybody.Whenhedoespledgehisloyaltytoanyside,itispurelyforhisownselfishreasons.Heuseshisremarkableoratoryskillstowhipupthepassionsofhispeople,buthedoessoinordertoservehisownpurposes.

　　Climax

　　TheclimaxofTheLastoftheMohicansoccursinChapter32.AfterafiercebattleinwhichtheprotagonistsandtheDelawaresdefeatMaguaandtheHurons,MaguaandtwoofhismenescapewithCoraandaretrackedtotheedgeofacliff.Corarefusestocontinueon,andMaguademandsthatshechoosebetweenhiswigwamandhisknife.Ashehesitantlyraisestheblade,Uncasleapsathim.Meanwhile,aHuronstabsCorainthebosom,UncaskillsCora'sassailantbeforebeingkilledbyMagua.Magualeapsaway,jumpingfromoneclifftoanotherandmockinghisenemies.Heloseshisstepandnearlyfallsoffonecliff,butmanagestohangontoashrubonitsedge.Justasheisrecovering,however,HawkeyeraisesthemuzzleofhisgunandshootsMagua,whoslipstohisdeath.

　　Outcome

　　Theoutcomeistragic,foralthoughthetreacherousMaguaisvanquishedbyHawkeye,bothCoraandUncasdie.CoraiskilledbyherassailantandUncas,thelastoftheMohicans,iskilledbytheevilMagua.

　　PLOT(Synopsis)

　　TheLastoftheMohicansisanactionpacked,romanticandadventurousdrama,setduringthepeakoftheFrenchandIndianWarinAmerica.TheEnglishhadmanagedtovanquishmostofthenativeIndians,buttherewerestillsometribeswhoattemptedtomaintaintheirindependence.Aftersettingthescene,Cooperbeginsthestoryproper.CoraandAlice,CommanderMunro'sdaughters,areescortedbyMajorDuncanHeywardoutofFortEdwardtovisittheirfatheratFortWilliamHenry.AnIndianrunner,Magua,actsastheirguide,buttreacherouslyleadsthemontothewrongpath.Hewishestocapturethewomenandmakeoneofthem,Cora,hiswife,inordertogetrevengeonMunro,whohadpreviouslymistreatedhim.Inthecourseoftheirjourney,theymeetDavidGamut,Hawkeye,ChingachgookandUncas,thelattertwobeingtheonlytwosurvivorsoftheMohicantribe.WhenHawkeyeidentifiesMaguaasapossibletraitor,Maguaescapesintotheforest.ThepartyrealizesthatMaguawillseekouthiscompanionsandsearchforthem,andfromthen,thechaseison.

　　Theentireplotthenrevolves