Lin-Manuel Miranda Opposing Views

Perspective can tell many different sides of a story, and can easily change what people believe. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote and acted in the musical Hamilton, created a very different but well thought out play on the events of history by changing characters and events to create a more entertaining experience. Miranda accurately and inaccurately portrays history by changing perspectives of characters, and he does this to demonstrate how different perspectives can tell very different sides of stories. To begin, Lin-Manuel Miranda alters how the events in history took place to demonstrate a concept of how different perspectives can tell very different stories, while also accurately showing what happened in history to demonstrate how perspectives

In reality, she was already married to another man and did not think of Alexander as a love interest. In the musical, Angelica states “I’m a girl in a world in which my only job is to marry rich. My father has no sons so I’m the one who has to social climb for one, so I’m the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in New York City is insidious, And Alexander is penniless, Ha! That doesn’t mean I want him any less.” (Miranda; ‘Satisfied’). Miranda choses to alter Angelica as a character to someone that is not married and loves Hamilton to further develop the concept of perspective and how it can affect how lives of people are seen, as well as adding to the story of the musical. Miranda also accurately portrays history in many situations such as whenever Alexander Hamilton addressed who he believed was the better candidate

Miranda spent a lot of time working on the musical, and decided to base the musical more off of his own perspective which further developed the concept. In an article, it states, “However, Miranda has said in interviews that he felt a responsibility to be as historically accurate as possible but that Hamilton is necessarily a work of historical fiction, including dramatizations and imprecisions. (Miranda). Miranda explains that even though the play is based off of historical events, some things were altered to make a more entertaining scene and mood for the audience. Miranda chose to change certain aspects of characters drastically like Angelica, which further developed the plot. In an interview, Miranda states “The dramatic license I had to take was first making Angelica single and to push the sons of Philip away. . .” (Miranda; Genius Interview). Miranda alters this character to change the plot but it also causes the audience to believe that these characters were exactly how they were portrayed in the musical. This is how Lin-Manuel Miranda’s altering of characters and events changed how the audience perceived the events of