The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans: Pathos 1 key example

Definition of Pathos

Pathos, along with logos and ethos, is one of the three "modes of persuasion" in rhetoric (the art of effective speaking or writing). Pathos is an argument that appeals to... read full definition
Pathos, along with logos and ethos, is one of the three "modes of persuasion" in rhetoric (the art of effective speaking or writing). Pathos is... read full definition
Pathos, along with logos and ethos, is one of the three "modes of persuasion" in rhetoric (the art of effective... read full definition
Chapter 17
Explanation and Analysis—Montcalm's Apathy:

In Chapter 17, Magua shows Cora and Alice the total destruction of Fort William Henry, which Montcalm has stood back and allowed to happen. Cooper uses pathos to further emphasize the moral differences between the heroes and the villains of the novel:

On every side the captured were flying before their relentless persecutors, while the armed columns of the Christian king stood fast in an apathy which has never been explained, and which has left an immovable blot on the otherwise fair escutcheon of their leader.