, and yet highly capable and as in touch with the world of nature as the Indian. This was part of the Romantic literary vision which elevated nature and extolled the wonders of the natural world and found the only true morality in that world rather than the world of man. The Romantic vision also celebrated personal expression, which was in keeping with the image of the free spirit such as Hawkeye, a man who recognized no political boundaries in his world and who instead sought to achieve a unity with nature such as he saw in his adopted family among the Mohicans and other tribes of the New World.
The political situation as portrayed in the film shows the New World as what was once a world of peace and tranquility where the Indians lived in harmony with nature and one another. This changed when the white man came--the chief of the Huron says that their future turned to night. The British colonized in wh
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