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Hamming it up: Analyzing the Lyrics of "Hamilton"Main MenuWelcomeHistory Is HappeningWelcome One! Welcome All!"Aaron Burr, Sir"Let's meet the gang!"My Shot"Don't Throw it Away"The Story of Tonight"The Calm Before the Storm"The Schuyler Sisters"Here come the Ladies!"Farmer Refuted"Tension Builds with England"You'll Be Back"The King has Arrived"Right Hand Man"General George Washington enters"A Winter's Ball"A Night Out on the Town"Helpless"Love has Something To Do With It"Satisfied"Angelica's Mind"The Story of Tonight (reprise)"A Moment Between Friends"Wait For It"Keep Moving Forward"Stay Alive"Loved One's Prayer"Ten Duel Commandments"Gentlemen's Fight"Meet Me Inside"A Change"That Would Be Enough"Reassurance"Guns and Ships"France's Assist"History Has Its Eyes On You"A Warning To Alexander"Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)"Battle Begins and Ends"What Comes Next?"Peace Out from the King"Dear Theodosia"The New Generation"Non-Stop"And We're Back!"What'd I Miss"Welcome Jefferson"Cabinet Battle #1"Hamilton VS Jefferson: Round 1"Take a Break"A Wife's Request To Relax"Say No To This"Another Women"The Room Where It Happens"Conversation Between Delagates"Schuyler Defeated"Tides Start To Turn"Cabinet Battle #2"Hamilton VS Jefferson: Round 2"Washington On Your Side"Toe to Toe"One Last Time"Going Out With A Bang"I Know Him"A Final Message from the King"The Adams Administration"Change in Rulings"We Know"Secrets are Told"Hurricane"A Choice Is Made"The Reynolds Pamphlet"Knowledge For All"Burn"Eliza's Moment Alone"Blow Us All Away"Philip's Challenge"Stay Alive (reprise)"A Family Pulled Apart"It's Quiet Uptown"Taking In The Night"The Election of 1800"The Government Changes"Your Obedient Servant"Alexander and Aaron Talk"Best of Wives and Best of Women"The Girls"The World Was Wide Enough"Who Shot First?"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story"The EndWorks CitedThanks for the Help!Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2
"Alexander Hamilton"
1media/Hamilton-burr-duel.jpg2017-03-31T13:00:32-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2151878The Startplain2017-04-04T08:48:39-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2Cast: Aaron Burr, John Laurens, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton, George Washington, Ensemble.
Lyrics with Character Names: Total Words: 656, Words Counted Once:281 Most common Words: "Hamilton (13 times), "New" (12 times), "Company" (10 times) Lyrics without Character Names: Total Words: 605, Words Counted Once: 209 Most Common Words: "New" (12 times), "Just" (8 times), "Alexander" (8 times)
The first song of the musical tells the audience about the early life of Alexander Hamilton until age 19. It acts as exposition to the play as it informs the audience about Alexander's life growing up without a father and, eventually, without his mother, so he moved the pre-revolutionary war United States in an attempt to make a greater legacy for himself. Various lead and supporting actors contribute to telling the story and bring the audience up to date about what happened with a few references to what will happen in the story of Alexander Hamilton.
Although the word counts are still mostly similar, the most used words only have the word "new" in common. By repeating the word "new" often it reminds the listeners that not only is the country fresh, but Alexander himself is unfamiliar with this territory. When something is new it can be associated with the idea of a blank canvas to create anything, this supports Alexander's desires to get out of his old life and start a new one that makes him proud. The fact that "Hamilton" and "Alexander are top words in both categories is a friendly reminder that this tale is about his adventures. The word "company" also tells the listeners that this show involves a group to tell his story and that there are many involved because he changed many people's lives. It makes sense because everyone is involved in this song. With such a powerful start, where the whole company is involved in the opening number, creates a sense of community storytelling that pulls the audience in right away with the desire to learn more about how "abastard, orphan, sonofawhoreanda Scotsman, droppedinthemiddleofaforgotten SpotintheCaribbeanbyprovidence, impoverished, insqualor Growuptobeaheroandascholar?"