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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"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
"Non-Stop"
1media/Hamilton-burr-duel.jpg2017-03-31T13:53:03-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2151873And We're Back!plain2017-04-04T09:22:34-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2Cast: Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Ensemble, Angelica Schuyler, Eliza (Schuyler) Hamilton, George Washington
Lyrics with Character Names: Total Words: 1,376, Words Counted Once:410 Most common Words: "Hamilton" (44 times), "Burr" (42 times), "You're" (26 times) Lyrics without Character Names: Total Words: 1,258, Words Counted Once:402 Most Common Words: "You're" (26 times), "Time" (19 times), "Like" (18 times)
This song kicks off Act 2 with Burr and Hamilton going back to New York to study and accept government work. Tensions start off high as Burr tries to oppose his "talk less smile more" technique while Hamilton argues and says what he feels. In a new nation both men are determined to get ahead of the other. One night Hamilton approaches Burr asking him to write letters supporting the new constitution, but Burr denies him saying he would rather watch to see everything about the new country. Hamilton and the audience learn that Angelica is to marry a man in London and Eliza is still their supporting and loving him. Burr tells the audience that Hamilton starts "writing like he is running out of time" because history is watching and there is no way he is giving up the chance to change the world. Washington becomes President and even though Eliza begs Hamilton to stay, he becomes Washington's right hand man.
"Dear Theodosia" was such a soft song, that naturally "Non-Stop" contradicts that with lyrics and music more in the world of rap. Everyone is back and desires to be part of the changing world. Each character wants something for another as they discover their position in the new world. The difference in word counts is because of the amount of repetition. One character would start telling their main line and then it would transition to another. By the end of the song, they are all overlapping their sections to symbolize that even though they are separate, they are all pushing against the clock to create their legacy.
The battle between "Hamilton" and "Burr" rage on especially with the amount they use the word "you're" signifies how they are calling each other on their actions and make them accountable. It a situation of keeping your friends close, but enemies closer. His song pulls the audience right back into the action with lyrics that beautifully intertwine each character and allowing the audience to see how the character they are most fascinated with, is doing. Due to the fact there are so many characters, it allows the listener to follow all the different goals of each character throughout the whole play. The post war struggles start here.