DUNCAN'S HONOR REDEEMED - LAST OF THE MOHICANS - LIES, GETS REJECTED, SELF-SACRIFICE TO SAVE CORA

The Last of the Mohicans is an epic film based on the novel by James Fenimoore Cooper. Duncan Heyward is a major in the British army in the American colonies. Major Heyward undergoes a character transformation and you wonder if what he gonna do at the end of the movie when he is captured by the Huron and awaits his fate.

Scene 1 - Duncan arrives to escort Colonel Munro's two daughters, Cora and Alice to her father at Ft. William Henry. The two chat about Duncan's proposal of marriage. Here, Cora has already refused him, but he logically tries to convince her that love can grow out of respect and mutual admiration. He asks that Cora consider his proposal.

Scene 2 - Nathaniel Hawkeye saves Duncan, Cora and Alice from a Huron ambush. He safely delivers them to Ft. William Henry. Nathaniel informs Col., Munro of a situation involving Huron attacks on settler farms stating that these attacks are part of a war party and as the men are stationed a the fort as part of a colonial militia, settler families will be massacred. Col. Munro then asks Duncan what he saw and Dunca lies stating that the killings were part of a band of thieves. Cora sees this.

Scene 3 - Cora tells Duncan that her decision of no is her final answer.

Scene 4 - Cora pleads with her father to release Nathaniel from the stockade for fomenting sedition. She asks Duncan to do something, but Duncan tells her that he shouldn't be sending her to beg for him. The two have a heated exchange in which Duncan tells her that she is defending him because she has become infatuated with him. She replies that her view that he had a few redeeming qualities was too generous to which her father scolds her.


Scene 5 - Duncan, Cora and Alice are captured by the Huron after Col. Munro's forces are ambushed by Magua. They await their fate when Nathaniel arrives and pleads for their release. Because he doesn't speak French, he has to use Duncan as a translator. The Huron leader listens and decides that Alice will be Magua's mate, Duncan is to be ransomed to the British and Cora will be sacrificed in the Huron fires to avenge Magua's murdered family. Nathaniel then pleads one final time - he will trade places with Cora because his death would be a great honor to the Huron. Duncan, however, tells the Huron leader that he will trade places with Cora and his death is valuable to then because he is a British officer. Nathaniel asks Duncan if he told the Huron leader and Duncan lies and says "yes." When the Huron free Cora and take Duncan, Nathaniel is confused. Duncan then tells Nathaniel to take Cora and get out of there. As Duncan is raised into the Huron fires, Nathaniel and Cora clear the Huron camp and he gives Duncan the gift of mercy by shooting him in the head.

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