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The Last of the Mohicans

***** The ***** of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper utilizes a historical romance style to tell his s*****ry. is apparent through settings, characters and plots. As Cooper is considered by many critics to be the father of the American historical *****, The Last ***** the Mohicans is surely an example of why th***** is so. Cooper celebrated *****e creative spirit of the individual and had a deep appreciation for nature. He was a romantic who enjoyed the mysteriousness and exoticness of the frontier. He favored the use of emotions over reason. Through the use of romantic writing, Cooper is able to captivate ***** reader ***** led them on journey through h***** imaginary world.

The ***** ***** the Mohicans takes place in a his*****rical setting and "showed, he worked best with material from t***** past (whether his own personal past or this country's) which had been accumulated gradually by curiosity and filtered slowly by memory, material which he felt com*****table in 'embellishing'" (Steinbrink 339). The novel ***** place in the ***** *****. The mystique of ***** frontier entices the reader and allows their imagination to soar. The mystery and excitement of the historical setting lends itself to the romance. Cooper understood this and utilized it to its fullest.

*****'s descriptions of the natural scenery are picturesque and striking. But it was also a ***** shrouded in danger and darkness. "Ra*****r than beg*****ning Mohicans by describing the wilderness as a place of renewal and progress, ***** he does in T***** Pioneers, Cooper associates ***** America of 1757 with chaos and destruction" (Kelly 49). Cooper describes the frontier so vividly that the reader feels transported ********** the *****. Through his descriptive writings of nature, Cooper shows his *****ened appreciation of *****.

***** ***** create a very real and genuine *****, giving the reader a very complex setting that is both beautiful and dangerous. "The fading light increased the gloominess ***** ***** bleak and savage wilderness, that stretched so far on every side of him, and there was even a fearful character in the stillness of those little huts, that he knew were so abundantly peopled" (Coooper 230). Cooper, like most romantic writers, writes about an unspoiled America. He writes ***** t***** comely Glenn Falls and the pure forest. He brings the reader into his unblemished *****, where everything is pure. The setting in The Last of the Mohicans ***** Cooper's deepened appreciation ***** nature.

Romanticism is ***** seen in the ***** in ***** novel. Romantic characters are typically unrealistic. Hawkeye is one of these impossible characters. He is an ideal character who ***** ***** and untainted ***** the corruption of society. Hawkeye, like Cooper, is a romantic in that he has a deep respect for nature. ***** uses Hawkeye to celebrate t***** creative spirit ***** the *****. Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas are characters all folklores ***** about. They are ***** heroes that complete impossible task to help others. Cooper also portrays, in his novel, the stiff upper-class society