DUNCAN'S HONOR REDEEMED - LAST OF THE MOHICANS - LIES, GETS REJECTED, SELF-SACRIFICE TO SAVE CORA
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- 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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Hmmm - Duncan trying to use logic to get Cora to marry him, but he fails to acknowledge that Cora doesn't have romantic feelings for him. Duncan then lies about a raid on a farm because he is jealous of Nathaniel who seems to have Cora under his sway. Cora sees Duncan lie and she then refuses his marriage proposal outright. His jealousy comes to a head when Cora pleads for Nathaniel's freedom. Duncan restores his honor when he sacrifices himself to the Huron fires so that Cora can live
A real man to die for the woman he loved, he was like many of the chapters. Nothing went right and we tragic, everyone lost something
Females dont use logic!
Why should you lasses fall for trash if you used logic?
How many galls date criminals who they know they gonna hurt, kill or worse if youse used logic. Try to use it sometime and the world would become a better place!
@@DEATH-THE-GOAT Sounds like you've faced your fair share of rejection from women. It's ironic that you talk about logic but then go on to generalize all women in a very illogical way. Anyway i'm not here to argue, only to point out the fact that your insecurities are showing.
@@Britishwolf89 why dont you keep you psychotic babbling to yourself.
@@Britishwolf89 haha, you're waisting your time asshole
“My compliments sir, take her and get out!” The words of a man, soldier and true hero! Truly, his honour was redeemed!
That is why I like duncan
And an officer
Is that what he says?? All this time I've never understood what he says...thank you
@@aaronkippes7851 that’s what he says!
Everyone notes how Duncan sacrificed himself so she could live... but he took it to the next level. He chose to sacrifice himself instead of Long Rifle so that she could also be happy.
Yeah, Duncan had one of the greatest arcs of all time.
what an honorable thing to do
British stiff upper lip
Favourite film of 20 years and i'd never thought of that, i'd always thought it was at the end he simply chose to save a good man.
“My compliments Sir, take her and get out!”
“My complements to you sir” as he is about to be burned at the stake. It doesn’t get more British than that.
THE FACT THAT DUNCAN KNEW his words were NOT understood by HAWKEYE is stunning. AND HE EVEN LIED and said his translation was true. AND THEN STILL went out no complaints even only compliments (LITERALLY)... is amazing. COURAGE>
courage that few aspire to
I think he loved her deeply and couldnt live with the fact she would always dislike him, or even worse, forget him. This way however, she would always remember him as a good man, who saved her life and that of her love and made their lives together possible. This is therefore not a selfless deed, but it is a heroic one.
Someone said that he didn't sacrifice himself for Cora but for Nathaniel because he acknowledged that he was a man of honor and wanted to redeem all things he did to him. In his final moments, he didn't even look at Cora, only at Hawkeye.
Nobody dies for a man who is flirting with your girl. He should let Nathaniel die, leave Cora, improve his life and a women hotter than Cora would marry him. Meanwhile Cora 45 yr, living with cats, drinking wine and hating men
This.
I believe that's why Hawkeye returned the favor by shooting Heyward to free Him from His suffering as He burned alive
I'm a fan of historical movies, and this is my favorite of all time. It doesn't glorify anything. It just tries to show how things were. And they got an incredible set of actors. Magua should have received an Oscar for his performance.
My vote for best "screen villain" of all time.
Strong argument for that. There is also an argument that if there was an Oscar for "Best Overall Performance by a Cast", this movie would be a strong contender for it.
they don't make movies like that anymore... here we are with netflix and squid games,,,, during lock down
@@gheilers It's in the conversation for sure.
Gangs of New York and Whiplash are other contenders for best villain, in modern times at least.
@@Jackaljkljkl I think The Godfather would have to win that award
I love Duncan's pause when Hawkeye asks him "did you tell him"?
And he simply says "Yes", as if the weight of his decision hits him. And then "I said to take me".
Man the look on his face when he simply replies "yes". So heavy and some good acting.
Yeah you could tell that in that moment Duncan Heyward was dreading the grisly and horrific fate that awaited Him of being burned alive in the Huron fire
Duncan "Me for her - a British Officer" Hawkeye - "I said TAKE ME !!! Did you tell them?" Duncan "yes" - oh man.... that look on his face
Yes. I loved that. The look on his face and the look on the tribal leader's face when he was going to get to sacrifice a french soldier instead. It changed the mood instantly and Hawkeye sensed it but didn't understand what was going on. His otherwise selfish nemesis was sacrificing himself instead. Goosebumps...
My compliments sir. Take her and get out.
@@georgeprchal3924 18th century verbal politeness under extreme circumstances...
@@stevekaczynski3793 something we should all aspire to
He wasn't sacrificing himself for Cora's love, he was restoring his honor to himself and making things right with Nathaniel.
He wanted him to take her somewhere safe. He doesn't know the land. He sacrificed himself for her.
(I think it's both, to be honest)
Duncan went out like a boss.
No greater demonstration of love than to give your life for it when it isn’t returned to you.
And Hawkeye was more than happy to personally putting a forever end to Duncan. :)
@@richardstorm4603 LOL, that's mean. I don't think Hawkeye was thinking like that at that point.
I think people misunderstand this scene and think this is an instance of a man, Duncan, sacrificing himself for an unrequited love, Cora.
NO. It isn't really that. If you consider Duncan's pursuit of Cora very carefully, then you'd realize that it may not be entirely for love. Cora was the daughter of a high ranking officer, Colonel Munro under whom Duncan was stationed. Marriage to Cora would have secured him a very lofty place and position in English society, higher than the one he already enjoyed.
In the end, Duncan isn't actually sacrificing himself for Cora. Hawkeye had already offered to burn alive in her place and had told Duncan to translate to the Huron that he would die in Cora's place. Duncan instead translated that he himself would take Cora's place. Essentially, he sacrificed himself for both of them, not just for Cora.
It is almost as though Duncan came to realize what an honorable man Hawkeye had been all along and the depth of the sacrifice that Hawkeye had been willing to make for others that weren't related or connected to him, including a man like Duncan who had set him up to be executed at the English fort.
That's why Duncan ended it with "My compliments, sir. Take her and get out." It was a debt of gratitude he realized he owed a person who could have ran off and did nothing for any of them. This is really just the tragedy of how Duncan's life had to end. Had he not set up Hawkeye to be arrested and tried for sedition, then many of these tragedies and atrocities could have been avoided in the first place.
@@SonyaOutThere That is an interesting analysis.
@@SonyaOutThere an interesting take, but one that I’d still have to respectfully disagree with.
Firstly, Duncan’s military ambitions in proximity to Cora’s father were moot in sacrificing his life. While that may have been a factor in his interest in Cora initially, it held no bearing towards him saving her as her father was already dead and his military career was…..well, going up in flames. Secondly, Duncan had been rejected by Cora, but he knew she had found love and happiness with Hawkeye. And in his love for her and understanding they held no future together, he wanted her to be safe and happy. Had Hawkeye burned, this would’ve been denied to her.
It can work both ways I suppose, but I find his actions to be more inline and a better fit in the expression of unconditional love for Cora.
Duncan made the ultimate sacrifice... the ending to Last of the Mohicans was stunning
And Hawkeye was more than happy to personally putting a forever end to Duncan. :)
He probably went to heaven for that.
@@richardstorm4603 hey man, have some class. What’s with the smile at the end? That was out of pocket. Grow up.
Exactamundo, that last 10 minutes ending of TLOTM was more awesome than most movies in the last 15 years.
As weird as i feel saying this, it really is a beautiful movie that encapsulates so much of what it mustve been like for people living in those days. It really treats every character, every race and every emotion with the respect and dignity they deserve. There's no evil bad guy and his huge hulking side kid, just people dealing with their own personal traumas, histories and motivations. Its a great movie.
He preferred to die at the stake rather than staying in the friendzone. Wise man.
Dying 🤣🤣🤣
truly redeemable
Yes, then he unfortunately became steak.
Duncan had truly restored his Honor
As a simp level 10
Ignore the young millennial knucklehead Abel S. - The kid just got out of high school where they don't learn anything anymore. He has trouble understanding complex character motivations or anything remotely related to storytelling from a historical perspective.
@@abelsietecuatro9249 As a man that attempted to defraud a militia into certain death just because it would make him look better as a stout and courageous British officer in the eyes of the father of a woman he lusted for. This is more than an apology to her; it is an apology to Hawkeye for condemning him to death for telling the truth.
In the end, Duncan shows how much he loved Cora, not by saving her, but instead saving the man that he knew she truly loved.
And life in the friendzone takes a dark turn.
I loved Last of the Mohicans - and that score is simply epic!!!!
Just 3 mind bendingly powerful deaths one right after the other:::
Eric Schweig’s Uncas was so well cast. He plays such an outstanding and dutiful son. On the cusp of manhood. Exemplary in so many ways; yet also a bit green in love. And unfortunately, just not seasoned enough at that point in his life to outwit/outduel someone as cruel, crafty and evil as Magua. A couple more years under his belt and Uncas would’ve taken him.
Johdi May’s Alice was beautiful and young like Uncas. She’s also so exquisitely pure...like milk or porcelain. But Uncas sees something in her that perhaps no one else besides Cora does::: that Alice has a powerful sense of her womanhood. And while she’s too young to fully embrace it, we can extrapolate that as she gets older...Alice would have been an absolute fucking rock for her family. So, there’s this overwhelming sense of tragedy as Alice’s beautiful blonde hair falls over her eyes and she contemplates her fate atop the cliff side. Even Magua, who’s seen 10 lifetimes of cruelty and bloodshed, is frozen. His eyes wide with confusion and a slight trace of fear as he watches his hated enemy’s daughter leap to her death. Alice, who must seem foreign and inscrutable to Magua, also has such a pure, sacred spirit that her passing must seem the embodiment of so many losses::: the loss of freedom, the loss of innocence, the loss of self.
The look in her eyes makes me cry every time. My God, someone kiss Johdi May and tell her that you love her! It’s gonna be alright.
Finally, Wes Studi’s Magua. Such a masterful performance. Magua is a living, hate filled man....but his spirit, his soul was MURDERED years ago along with his family. The humiliating and brutal shit that he’s lived through for the 2nd half of his life is only to feed his insatiable desire to destroy and kill. Such is the power of his hunger for revenge (not only against Monro, but also the Iroquois) that he’s corrupted with absolutely NO chance at redemption. So when Chingachgook systematically deconstructs his body, they both know that he’s also deconstructing the hate filled golem inside him.....and they both welcome this at the end.
All of this happens in seemingly one unbroken shot. The music pushing the excitement, the horror and the unspeakable tragedy (poor Uncas and Alice!) forward.
And afterwards, we’re left devastated. Tears on our faces.
Looking out over the vast unknowable future. And knowing that we’ll never be the same. And we’ll never recover.
God help us.
This was one long ass enjoyable paragraph. I read every sentence and I loved every word. Excellent insight.
Do you happen to know where I can find the entire sequence? I swear it used to be on CZcams and now I cant find it. It was from this part through to the last death.
@@Berzrk-Z CZcams forbids such long clips because of Content ID... I made a video for Uncas and Alice that was heavily edited.
czcams.com/video/dx9b__3cbhY/video.html
The entire sequence for? I can probably make that sequence, but tell me what it is you want
Uncas and Alice's deaths were hard for me to watch as a kid when I first saw this movie, even more so now as an adult. I struggle with Uncas the most, simply because the odds were against him from the onset. He climbed up near vertical rock faces as fast as he could to cut off Magua's Huron war party to lie in wait for them. He gains the element of surprise and easily dispatches the first two. Unfortunately from that point, although more than a match for Magua's subordinates, he has to fight his way through 5 or 6 of them just to reach Magua, who also has the tactically superior high ground on the rock. He puts up a fight until the bitter end, but by the time he has reached Magua I can only imagine he's expended a tremendous amount of energy. Not to mention that the wounds Magua inflicts on Uncas are not from his main hand tomahawk, but his off hand knife. Uncas was not properly equipped for this fight. While it's entirely possible that Uncas would not have been skilled enough to best Magua in a duel, I daresay he would have presented himself as more formidable of a foe had he not been required to climb a mountain and kill 5 men first, and had he also used a knife. Absolutely epic martial prowess and one of the most incredibly realistic fight scenes I've ever seen.
Amazing insight. That was a pleasure to read.
Duncan was the true protagonist of Last of the Mohicans
He is a legend. Forget those men giving money to Only Fans girls. Duncan is the boss
him, and magua.
One of my most favourite movies of all time, Daniel Day Lewis is incredible.
The soundtrack, the scenery is stunning. Brave Duncan is a special character.
Love from 🇨🇦 canada
Duncan't story is so powerful. when Nathanial tries to sacrifice himself for Cora, Duncan sees that Nathanial's love is true, and that Nathanial is a man of true honor.
One of the greatest movies of all time, and quite easily the greatest soundtrack.
Duncan loved Cora... that much is evident, but he sacrificed himself to save her - holy crap
Like a propper gentleman shoud.
Yes he proved he truly did love her by sacrificing himself not just so that she would live but also so that she could be with the person she truly loved. He could have let Hawkeye die instead of him but he didn't.
Duncan Heyward was totally in the Friend-zone with Cora and could have scuttled her and Hawkeye at the end. But he stepped up... Godspeed, Major Heyward! You can see the sorrow on Hawkeye's expression after he delivers the rifle shot to end his suffering, acknowledging the sacrifice
Understand boys , no woman deserve that .
@@robertstorey7476 He didn't sacrifice himself so that Hawkeye could be with her. He sacrificed himself because his honor wouldn't permit him to let another man sacrifice himself for the woman that he (Duncan) loved. Even if he later somehow managed to convince Cora to marry him, he would live the rest of his life knowing that Hawkeye had been the better man, with a woman who knew she had settled for second best.
I love Duncan's transformation here... I love The Last of the Mohicans
All women love this. A simp dying for her. A sygma male fighting for her. Her ego boosted to the sky
What an amazing film- god when her sister throws herself off the cliff after her lover is killed- just wow and so much of this film stayed with me. I live it still
It was so haunting seeing Duncan die... u didnt even LIKE HIM and u STILL felt sorry for his suffering in the end. THATS how u know it is an awful way to die
If you consider what happened very carefully, then you would not feel sorry for him, but be in awe of what he realized he had to do in the end. Hawkeye had told him to tell the Huron in French that he would die for Cora, but Duncan did it instead.
And it wasn't really for Cora if you think about it. Duncan had set Hawkeye to get executed back at the English fort, but, in the end, he is witnessing the character of Hawkeye for what it is: a truly honorable man who sacrifices for those that are not connected or related to him in any way.
That is why, in the end, he says to Hawkeye, "My compliments. Take her and get out." He expressed admiration and respect for Hawkeye despite having wanted him to be executed before. It was really a debt of gratitude he owed to a man whom he had dishonorably set up to die before.
Duncan was tragic character but a hero.
Excellent work by Madeline Stowe in the whole movie and the 4:00 mark here. The way she emphasizes the “not” in “They do NOT live their lives by your leave!” was perfect.
That look Duncan gives Cora after he says "You've become infatuated with him." That's the moment both realized that their friendship was probably over.
@@ElsaAnnaArendelle Absolutely. Which makes Duncan's sacrifice in the Huron camp all the more powerful.
...few years after the movies release I went to Chimney Rock Park ( below Asheville , NC ) to see the Hickory Nut Falls where the movie final scenes were filmed...get this...in the tourist town of Chimney Rock was Duncan's Barbeque... 😂..too funny but I never ate there...
Oh that's messed up lol
Duncan's final act of honor was rewarded by Hawkeye's gift of a quick death.
Wow, almost every scene in this superb movie is like a beautiful painting.
Now that's a British Officer and a Gentleman. 'My compliments, sir!' In my opinion MAJ Heyward is the real hero of the Last of the Mohicans.
Yes
Agreed.
When men were men. Honor was more important than life. Wow. Just. Wow
Now he'd be asking for a time out to protect his mental health!
Simping is not honor. Besides the real Duncan did not die. In fact he was the only one with happy ending. Living in peace as a red pill man
Duncan. Despite everything... a man of honor
Still a great movie after all these years, I love the the history also behind it. I would put it in my top ten. Thanks for sharing!
This is the classic "antagonist redeems himself".
See also: Boromir in Fellowship of the Ring.
Loved this scene....."a man hath no greater love than to sacrifice himself for his friends"' ...way to go Duncan, you were awesome. -PS: that actor was only 24 when this was filmed. Great work
Since I always watched the film in french I never realized magua was speaking french at this moment
Redeeming his honor. I can appreciate that we can all take away different experiences from a film, and I am not disagreeing.
But I saw a man desperately reaching for one final chance to convince Cora to love him with his ultimate display of love for her; trading his life for hers. I saw his need for her to love him far outweigh the love he had for her, and Steven Waddington did a wonderful job portraying how much Duncan loved Cora. For me, it makes the scene so much sadder.
Duncan is the true hero and man of honor in Last of the Mohicans. Duncan gave his life so Cora can live. This is how much Duncan loved Cora. Duncan sacrificed himself to the fire so that Cora can live. I predict Cora will be a haunted woman for the rest of her life knowing Duncan died for her. This is true love and even Cora knows it!
Lol...
A few people here have said it and I think they're right. He wasn't really sacrificing himself for Cora. He sought to regain his honor. He didn't lose that honor because he couldn't get the girl, he lost it because of how he treated Nathaniel. Nathaniel was about to take Cora's place, and if Sacheen accepted Duncan for her, be definitely would've accepted Nathaniel. So really, Duncan died in place of him, not her, which is actually a way bigger boss move.
After reading the book, you realize that Mann’s interpretation is so much better.
He really loved Cora.
Yes, in the end Duncan realizes her happiness was important to him even if it meant giving his own life... such a powerful scene
They Really Should Have Halted The Subtitles When Duncan Offers Himself. The Whole Scene Was Treated As A Big Surprise Reveal . . . Except It Really Wasn't Because We Knew From The Subtitles.
6:10 that is exactly what I do during zombie themed games when I can’t rescue a survivor but I got a shot to make sure they don’t suffer or turn.
major duncan heyward was the true hero of this storoy. he saved them all
Someday I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement.- hawkeye
All I can say is luckily Long Carbine was an excellent shot to get a head shot under duress and rushed
Honor and love in it's purest form.
This seen made me so sad. Great movie.
In scene 2, the seeds of the American Revolution had been planted.
Indeed
There's an earlier scene, where a British officer is trying to convince the colonials to join the militia in service of England. When they respond with reluctance and questions, he challenges them, questioning if they consider themselves "loyal subjects of the Crown." Nathaniel is standing there, looking every bit like the epitome of the American manhood: free, strong, independent, capable, self reliant, leaning on his rifle and answers, "I don't consider myself 'subject' to much of anything."
This was another scene that I feel showed that the American colonists were already seeing themselves as separate from England, and moving towards independence.
Hawkeye showed mercy and respect .
Somthing unnoticed i think is Chingachcook aleady waitin for Hawkeye with his rifle cocked and loaded. He knew what time it was but also didnt hesitate to ease Duncan's suffering even though he tried to sabotage them. Pops was the realest
Best soundtrack of any movie
07
To a man. A soldier. A warrior. A hero.
Duncan was the Greatest Hero in the whole Movie ...sacrificed himself for a cruel woman that refused him...
May he rest in Peace
Ironic that he's the only one to get happy ending in the books. Yes, he didn't die in the original. He's essentially one of protagonists.
Hmmm sounds more interesting than the film
Wait... Duncan is NOT A SIMP? wow... Maybe he is a red pill but Hollywood didn't like it and changed Duncan masculinity
With one decision he took two people's deaths, Cora's and Hawkeye's. That's a hero right there.
The fate of all Simps...
that takes guts for what duncan did,not many cando
DUNCAN IS THE TRUE MAN OF THIS MOVIE...NO MATTER WHAT,,and I'm with the Mohican
Duncan knew he wouldn't get them out of this frontier... He knew he was totally incapable of Mastering this land like longrifle.
We have forgotten where we come from...
I had to watch this a couple of times before I figured out the whole language barrier aspect to the village scene with the Huron speaking French.
You could tell Hawkeye didn’t want to kill him
Duncan is a good man
A good simp
It's already July, and non of the dozens of movies I saw from 2021. were on the level of this film.
Those darn writers! Just when it was becoming so easy to despise Duncan for his pettiness and jealousy, in one scene they made viewers actually feel sorry for him by having his character be redeemed through one selfless act.
yeah .... he wanted to save Cora from burning at the stake. Not much of a choice for him. Hawkeye asks "did you tell them?" and the way Duncan looks at Hawkeye and says "yes" was downright moving. Even without the subtitles or ability to speak French, you knew Duncan had made the ultimate sacrifice
Duncan's paternalism is on full display in the first scene - why don't you let others decide what is best for you? Won't you consider that? ... then he backtracks after he realizes he was rather condescending.... "Please consider that."
Better days!
From Duncan death to Mogua death what an ending to a film
And *that* is how you write a character arch about tragic redemption. Including the screams of pain during his execution, just before Hawkeye's mercy shot - the display of extreme pain that he willingly exposed himself to for the sake of Cora and her chance at happiness... and for the sake of his own dignity.
And Cora's concern for him when they swapped her with him and the unwillingness to see his imminent death also complete this arch perfectly.
This movie is a gem, an absolute perfection.
Sorry but... in the original book. Duncan didn't die. He is the only one with happy ending. But Hollywood changed this character. Made Duncan as a simp. Zero positive masculinity
honestly i'm not sure he ever lost his honor. i just rewatched this movie and from the very first battle, he was a gallant and honorable gentleman who was ready to lay down his life for the woman he loved, even though she had literally just told him she didn't love him back.
Because he spoke falsely about what he saw at the frontier cabin. Settler's women and children would be exposed if the Huron decided to launch an attack up and down the frontier. Major Duncan saw the carnage... nothing was stolen, but the family was slaughtered down to the child. So when he said "It was nothing more than thieves" he was not being truthful
@@ElsaAnnaArendelle In the original script, he had reasons to lie. He understood if Webb marched to the aid of the fort, the British would need every soldier in the Fort to attack Montcalm and lift the siege. That being said, his action was not excusable in light of what happened when Montcalm called the parley and informed him that Webb would not be coming.
@@gaslightstudiosrebooted3432
In a prior scene, Maj. Hayward witnesses Col. Webb "negotiating" with the colonials regarding their serving in the militia. Webb promises them that if their homes are attacked by the French and their Indian allies, they could return to to defend their homes. Duncan is horrified "The crown negotiating the terms of service...? I thought colonial policy was to make the world England... sir."
So basically Duncan is burned alive in a self sacrifice while Hawkeye and Cora ride off into the sunset together and people really can criticize that character? It really does not get any better than that it doesn't get any more selfless than that it's very sad actually poor guy.
Duncan sacrificed himself not only because he loved her but he knew she did not love him and that she would never forgive him for translating “me for her” in favor of Nathaniel’s sacrifice. He saw the way she looked at Nathaniel as he begged them to take him instead. Without her, he had nothing. But I would argue Cora and Nathaniel did not “ride into the sunset”. Regardless of his flaws , they were friends and she did care for him. They then each lost their beloved sibling. Sure they got each other in the end but it was sad for all.
I see Duncan's sacrifice as his redemption... People criticize the Duncan character up until this point in the movie.
1. He tried to logically convince Cora into feeling an emotion for him beyond friendship... How does this work in real life? It doesn't. He then goes on to tell her that she should allow other to decide what is best for her. Exasperated, he asks "Will you consider that?" and then he realizes his mistake and asks her "Please consider that."
2. He lied (OK maybe we can give him a reprieve here because it is subjective) about the murder of the settler family. Notice that the Huron war party didn't steal anything except for guns and gunpowder, and they didn't take the women and children to be ransomed, sold or burnt at the stake. So then we can conclude Hawkeye's assessment is correct - a war party bent on killing the families left behind because all of the men are in the militia.
3. After Duncan lied about the scene of the murdered settler family, he then justifies it by telling Cora "when we come together back in England and are married and away from this place, what had to be done and said here will matter not at all." So in effect, he is admitting that he misled the Colonel when he gave his account. What do women value in men? Strength, courage, integrity and honesty. So if Duncan is willing to lie now so that it suits the English crown, what might he do in the future.
4. Then his jealousy is laid bare when Cora pleads with her father to release Hawkeye.
5. In a scene that I did not include that took place in the canoes as they were escaping the Huron ambush, Duncan is still seething at Hawkeye. They are both trying to get away from the Huron in canoes - Duncan is in one boat and Hawkeye in another. He points his gun at Hawkeye and tell him that when they are on dry land, he will see to it that Hawkeye is hanged.
This all leads to the scene in which Cora, Alice and Duncan are prisoners of the Huron. Hawkeye arrives unarmed and so the Huron cannot dishonor themselves by killing him. He asks Sachem if he wants the Huron to be like the corrupt and greedy French and English. Magua then proves his point by telling Sachem that the Huron can rule over other tribes and make them their subordinates.
Sachem decides to burn Cora so avenge the loss of Magua's family, Duncan is to be ransomed, and Alice is to be the wife of Magua so that he can heal his heart (makee another family). Since Hawkeye can't speak French, he can only see that everyone is being separated, but he can guess what is going on. He instructs Duncan to tell Sachem to take him instead and let Cora live.
I think Hawkeye telling Duncan to tell the Huron to sacrifice him instead made Duncan realize the power of love. It crystallized in this moment - Hawkeye would rather die so that Cora could live. Duncan's love for Cora in this moment was pure and he gave his life for her without a second thought.
The viewer sees Duncan's sacrifice as his redeeming his honor and we say - wow that is a powerful moment.
major duncan and commadore norrington can related to each other
Wes Studi and Daniel-Day Lewis. Epic match up.
The ultimate redemption arc
Duncan was a brave man only desperate for her love
He is a legend in OnlyFans and Instagram. Those men giving money to girls and worshipping girls are amateurs. Duncan is the boss
His last word "My compliments Sir"...
I think there's an element of Greek tradgedy about Duncan specifically Antigone by Sophocles , where his duty to the State in his role as an officer in the Army conflicts with his duty to his own morality , the lie he tells obviously weighs heavily on him so perhaps his ultimate sacrifice might also be an act of contrition for that lie as much is it is to save Cora and Hawkeye .
Personally I feel that Duncan had a point about the militia. You can't just come and go during a military operation just because they came across a burnt out cabin. No army in the world works that way. What if that was the only one hit? What if the colonial militia leaves only to find out no other cabins were attacked? The British interests are put in jeopardy based off a one off discovery as they were traveling to the fort. We of course are supposed to like Nathaniel and hate Duncan but really, he was doing what he thought best.
Ultimate simp move Duncan
This woman... 😍😍
This is true love.
Duncan's act of chivallery reveals him as a highly complex person who loves Cora to the point of self-destruction. Who would have expected that his arrogant demeanour concealed a human being with principles and true compassion? Saving Cora's life is one thing. But his decision to sacrifice himself for Long Rifle, so that Cora may live out her days with the man she loves, really blows my mind...
I think it was more about restoring his honor than his love for Cora at this point.
@@marcusfossa6695Yeah I think in that moment Duncan sought to assuage His guilty conscience and to absolve Himself of the wrongs He'd done Nathaniel
Duncan’s sacrifice is like Sydney Carton’s sacrifice in a tale of two cities by Charles Dickens.
When honor wasn't just a word.
That is one brave man.
See? Duncan knew that he lied... he rationalizes it by saying "What was said and done here will matter not when we are back in London." NO - your character is with you 24/7 365 days a year
He was a soldier though and that's something that goes on to this day war is not the same as life back home it was that place and times equivalent to Afghanistan today I mean they were Brits and Duncan was a soldier deployed to a combat zone I don't think that soldiers and veterans by and large have the same sensibilities in Afghanistan as they do in the US because if they did they would not survive it's not always a good thing but it's a method of compartmentalization and it's how wars are fought and if it didn't exist nobody would prevail. War is ugly it is not sterile it is not politically correct it is not always righteous it is a dirty deadly game people die horrifically people are maimed people deal with that in many ways and that's one thing about war that has not changed over the centuries and the millennia that's one constant no amount of technology will change how ugly war really is whether it was the French and Indian war the revolution world war II Vietnam Iraq or Afghanistan there is really one constant and that is violence and bloodshed in one form or another
He didn’t lie. He said he saw nothing “which would lead me to believe that it was nothing other than a raid by savages bent on thievery”.
damn... he got friend zoned
Well, to be perfectly clear, he was an opportunistic as well. Marriage to Cora, the daughter of a high-ranking officer, would have secured him a loftier position and place in English society, better than the one he already enjoyed.
Other than that, a man of his station was not in want of a woman of good stock or beauty.
Man, shine all that. I would’ve been like, “Yea ok take Hawk-eye, believe everything that brother says about honor and well I guess get him all nice and crispy.” As for Cora, see ya and I would’ve beat it to points east and back to England. Settle down with a nice redhead and The New World would’ve been a nice distant memory of a fun excursion.
Movie night ❤️
Officer and a gentleman.
What does the Sachem say at 5:37?
I think it's French.
I think it's, "y et chez-soi étant."
And I think it means, "Go home and stay," or "Return home and stay."
Could someone give a listen?
2:16 Foreshadowing of the American Revolution
I feel so sad seeing this scene.. also because everybody watching it mainly thinks "c'mon what for a boring man, let's continue with the story and cute couple.."
the legend of the simps
Duncan went up rotisserie style
I forgot he sacrificed himself for her
The fire was a made man and Duncan wasn't. There was nothing we could do.
It was among the Hurons, it was real frontier s..., we just had to take it
The fewer men . The greater share of honor .
Friend Zoned
at least he survives in book