Jan 1, 2010

The Deerslayer | Style

Setting
The most prominent aspect of the setting is the lake, which has a symbolic as well as literal function in the novel. Together with the surrounding woods, Glimmerglass (Lake Otsego) represents the purity of nature, before the hand of man has touched it:

On a level with the point lay a broad sheet of water, so placid and limpid, that it resembled a bed of the pure mountain atmosphere, compressed into a setting of hills and woods. . . . the most striking peculiarities of this scene, were its solemn solitude, and sweet repose. On all sides,...