Hamilton's Real Relationships With The Schuyler Sisters

Lin Miranda’s poems in his musical “Hamilton” portrayed a very kid-friendly version of Alexander Hamilton’s real relationships with the Schuyler Sisters. Miranda’s way of telling the viewer about Hamilton’s ties with the Schuyler Sisters, Angelica and Eliza, overdramatized some pieces of the story and erased others. Hamilton’s affair was most dramatized in the song “Burn” in Lin Miranda’s play. “Burn” describes Eliza’s reaction to being cheated on. She goes from describing how blinded she was by love “You and your words flooded my senses, Your sentences left me defenseless, You built me palaces out of paragraphs, You built cathedrals'' to how angry she is by saying “ In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives''. The poem goes through

Compared to 11 Ghosts by Chernow, Eliza didn’t feel this way at all. Instead of being upset, she was embarrassed. Miranda changed ELiza’s reaction from embarrassment to anger to add more passion to the story. Lin Miranda also manipulated Hamilton and Angelica’s relationship in the poem “Satisfied”. Angelica’s speech made the reader feel like she was going to bury or completely lose her feelings for Hamilton after she said “ Helpless, And I know, she is, Helpless, And her eyes are just, Helpless” This stanza makes Angelica seem like she's giving up on her and Hamilton’s relationship progressing since he’s marrying Eliza. These descriptions are very contradicting to “Hamilton’s letter from the sisters”. Hamilton’s letters show that he and Angelica never cut ties at all. He’s playing both sides of the fence by having Eliza as a typical woman that takes care of house maintenance and Angelica who gives him the mental stimulation he wants in a woman. Hamilton writes Eliza in a more narcissistic way than we ever would have guessed from the

I write you at least three letters for your one, though I am immersed in public business and you have nothing to do but to think of me. When I come to Albany, I shall find means to take satisfaction for your neglect. You recollect the mode I threatened to punish you in for all your delinquent[c]ies.” He uses Eliza’s sweet and typical obedient woman mentality to emotionally manipulate her because he knows that Angelica wouldn’t be so quick to follow his orders. Hamilton messages Angelica in a more daring and lovey tone by saying “Your husband has too much gallantry to be offended at this implication of preference. But I can not, however great my hurry, resist the strong desire I feel to thank you for your invaluable letter by the last packet.3 Imagine, if you are able, the pleasure it gave me.” He’s expressing to her how attracted to her mindset he is. To say Eliza is Hamilton’s wife, she’s treated more like a coworker or underclassman by Hamilton compared to Angelica. Lin’s poems portray Hamilton and the Schuyler Sisters as a burning love triangle filled with passion in each