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Alexander Hamilton The Musical Analyse

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“How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?” That is the harrowing opening line of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony winning smash hit musical “Hamilton.” Said “Bastard bastard, orphan, son of a whore” is Alexander Hamilton himself and the musical shows his rise from adversity to become one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. Tickets go for upwards of a thousand dollars. Movie stars, politicians, and athletes have filled the seats. Since it’s broadway debut in August of 2015, Hamilton has quickly become the must see musical that, and it seems no one can. (To be clear, I am in the camp of people who have not seen the musical. I am smitten by the music and feel thoroughly connected to the story without having seen the show.) But what separates Hamilton from other contemporary, tony winning musicals like Kinky Boots (Best Musical 2013) or Once (Best Musical 2011)? Why are people so invested in the musical even if the closest they’ll get is the soundtrack? While this could probably be answered in a plethora of equally valid ways, I found an answer when I played the opening song for my family. My mother …show more content…

His first musical, In The Heights, which also won the tony for best musical, was also set to hip-hop. He’s got a way with words that has received compliments from Stephen Sondheim to Questlove. Sondheim admired Miranda’s understanding and implication on rhyme. “Rhyme does something to the listener’s perception that is very important, and Lin-Manuel recognizes that, which gives the ‘Hamilton’ score a great deal more heft than it might otherwise have,” said Sondheim. While Questlove was impressed by his skill at writing hip-hop lyrics, he explained that “watching the show [he] realized: ‘O.K., Lin-Manuel knows hip-hop. This guy has totally done his

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Alexander Hamilton, one of the most important people in the history of the United States, established many things that helped the country. He also was a senior officer during the revolutionary war, became the first secretary of treasury for the United States, qualified as New York City’s first artillery officer, and aided in many of the elections. Alexander Hamilton was born on the Island of Nevis in the West Indies on January 11, either in 1757 or in 1755. Historians are not sure which year he was born in because Hamilton said that he was born in 1757, but evidence leads to him being born in 1755. He was educated at a young age by his mother and a presbyterian clergyman.

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Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755 in Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis. Alexander had a very tragic childhood, only to grow up to attend school at King’s College, create the First National Bank, and he was the first Secretary of Treasury. He was a very busy man. Alexander Hamilton was the son of Rachel Fawcett Lavien and James Hamilton. At the time of his birth, Rachel was actually married to another man named John Lavien, but she left him.

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A large contribution to Miranda’s ability to write such powerful and original musicals is his upbringing. Lin-Manuel Miranda was born to Dominican immigrants. His father came to the United States at the age of 18 without knowing the English language in order to receive his post-doctorate education at New York

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Of the founding fathers of our nation, history often remembers the ones who shaped our nation the most. Of course, history is shaped by those that survive, and so the hundreds of accomplishments that Alexander Hamilton was able to achieve in his short life time mostly go unremembered. The United State’s first Secretary of Treasury shaped the early economy of the nation in ways that still affect us today, yet, before the hit broadway musical about him, most people remembered him as the guy on the ten-dollar bill and the guy that Aaron Burr shot. Alexander Hamilton did so much more than that.

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Imagine a story where history meets hip-hop and the founding fathers of America had rap battles to determine the political future of the States. This is the extraordinary tale of Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, follows the story of a Caribbean immigrant named Alexander Hamilton and the rest of the founding fathers of America’s attempts to write their way into history during the American Revolution through a series of songs. In order to promote the theme of honor and reputation in the story, Lin-Manuel Miranda makes use of the motifs “History has its eyes on you” and “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story”. Similarly, he uses “wait for it” and “time” as motifs to represent the main theme of leaving a legacy.

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