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Hamming it up: Analyzing the Lyrics of "Hamilton"Main MenuWelcomeHistory Is HappeningWelcome One! Welcome All!"Alexander Hamilton"The Start"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"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
"Hurricane"
1media/Hamilton-burr-duel.jpg2017-03-31T14:06:51-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2151874A Choice Is Madeplain2017-04-05T09:34:29-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2Cast: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Ensemble, George Washington, Eliza (Schuyler) Hamilton, Angelica Schuyler, Maria Reynolds
Lyrics with Character Names: Total Words: 304, Words Counted Once: 128 Most common Words: "Wait" (14 times), "Wrote" (9 times), "Way" (7 times) Lyrics without Character Names: Total Words: 289, Words Counted Once: 120 Most Common Words: "Wait" (14 times), "Wrote" (9 times), "Way" (7 times)
Alexander offers a soliloquy to music about what his life is like. He relives what it was like growing up and with the stresses that haunt him in the background, he comes to the conclusion that he must "wait" and do what he does best: "write" his "way" out.
This is a turning point for Alexander. His problems have continued to grow and feel they are going to explode any moment. Instead of letting word go through rumor, he works to create his legacy through truthful writings. He is creating story by grading his problems by the horns to tackle it. It is a hauntingly beautiful song because the idea of feeling overwhelmed is one I know all to well and to describe it as being trapped in a swirling hurricane is extremely true. People continue to listen to this song in the whole musical, because it gives a description to a feeling that can be indescribable. Plus as an English major I am all for writing out of a situation.