Hamilton By Lin-Manuel Miranda

History serves as a running clock, a continuous inscription and remembrance of events and people. It frequently asks its witnesses to analyze its events, the reporters, and the viability of the event sequence. As many learn, history can often harbor a perspective-oriented aspect. In Lin-Manuel Miranda’s infamous play, Hamilton, he recounts America’s history from the lens of a newfound New Yorker, Alexander Hamilton. The audience learns and the characters demonstrate that “history [always] has its eyes on you” (58:20). Although undeniably imperative to the context of America’s history and success, the story of Alexander Hamilton challenges traditional textbook teachings. Miranda articulates questions regarding immigration in his creation of

When visiting history, individuals often recall America’s founders as white individuals. Hamilton adapts history to portray the raw, forgotten version of New York’s beginnings. The country’s inception became a project induced by immigrants, not pure white natives. In the play, the few scenes that picture white actors are the scenes where the actor represents or maintains loyalty to England and the King. These scenes include the dramatic lyrical takes sung by King George himself as well as the scene of Daniel Seabury protesting ideas of revolution while preaching British loyalty. In the scenes framing events that depict New York’s journey, every single actor represents a diverse race or ethnicity that experienced immigration and formed the city. Hamilton and Lafayette simultaneously reveal that immigrants “get the job done” (59:04). The audience also grasps the idea of the immigrant’s country when immigrants, Hamilton, Lafayette, and Mulligan, agreeingly claim they are “just like [their] country” (59:22). These new Americans recover the possession of the immigrant-founded country. The detail of this purposeful race and ethnic distinction spans to the supplemental stage extras. Miranda implores the audience to reconceptualize their ideas of America’s foundation to reflect the significance of immigrants to the newly developing

For a man of honor and morals, the relationship places him in a compromising situation. Burr’s character comes into question once again when he sacrifices Hamilton’s life to save his own in “The World Was Wide Enough” (2:21:55–2:27:16). During one of the song’s lines, Burr rationalizes his actions by convincing himself that Hamilton wore his glasses for deadly purposes, and it was either “him or me, the world will never be the same” (2:23:16). He quickly realizes that the world was capable of revolving with both men, but Burr ultimately made the immoral decision. A decision that held permanent consequences and marked his reputation. The audience understands Hamilton and Burr as figures that contributed significantly to the quest to forge a wealthy, fruitful nation. Miranda paints the men as powerful within their fields, but he also provides the facts that history coincidentally leaves in the