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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"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
"That Would Be Enough"
1media/Hamilton-burr-duel.jpg2017-03-31T13:41:51-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2151875Reassuranceplain2017-04-04T09:08:30-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2Cast: Alexander Hamilton, Eliza (Schuyler) Hamilton
Lyrics with Character Names: Total Words: 289, Words Counted Once: 124 Most common Words: "Look" (11 times), "Eliza" (8 times), "Hamilton" (6 times) Lyrics without Character Names: Total Words: 275, Words Counted Once: 122 Most Common Words: "Look" (11 times), "Alive" (4 times), "Don't" (3 times)
When Alexander returns from war he is greeted by his wife, Eliza. She explains that she is expecting. Although she knows he must keep fighting, she begs that he stay alive. Hamilton explains that he must keep fighting to create his legacy and give her a good life. Eliza respects his choices, but tells him she is happy.
It is a short song, but the audience is witness to a nice moment between the lovers. Not to mention it gives Alexander a new motivation for fighting. "Look" is the most used words because it is found in Eliza's often repeated phrase "Look around, look around". In "The Schuyler Sisters” she used this phrase in relation to looking around at the amazement of the city, whereas now she is telling Alexander to notice the world that the two of them have created; it is not as bad as he thinks it is. Even short songs like this allow the audience to fall in love with "Eliza" and "Hamilton" together as a couple. Alexander is constantly looking for the next risk that will get him his goals, but Eliza acts as the warning of "don't" because it might not be safe and he needs to stay "alive". Audience members are able to relate this risky choice of having the one person in life that grounds them. Some days I am the dreamer like Hamilton and other days I am reminding people to be okay like Eliza. It is a feeling that people understand. Plus it is just a cute, little, lovey song!