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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"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
"The Room Where It Happens"
1media/Hamilton-burr-duel.jpg2017-03-31T14:00:28-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2151876Conversation Between Delagatesplain2017-04-05T15:44:17-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2Cast: Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Ensemble, Thomas Jefferson
Lyrics with Character Names: Total Words:1,178, Words Counted Once: 301 Most common Words: "Room" (55 times), "Burr" (54 times), "Happens" (33 times) Lyrics without Character Names: Total Words: 1,051, Words Counted Once: 297 Most Common Words: "Room" (55 times), "Happens" (33 times), "Happened" (22 times)
Aaron Burr narrates the story of what happened when Hamilton, Madison and Jefferson get together to make a deal. Government deals are always a lot more complicated than the average humans thinks because there are so many working pieces that are kept secret. Unless they are in the "room" than they may never know what "happened" and how the deal was created. Being in that room is how people get their voices heard.
Hamilton gets to be part of the various deals while Burr just gets to be an on looker. Aaron Burr is a fascinated because he keeps the audience involved while walking them through how things work in their government focused world. This is another example of him fulfilling his job. Aaron Burr has to be one of my favorite characters as he balances remaining neutral on the outside (because that is kind of his thing) while achieving his own personal desires. Like the many other characters in the show, he is fighting to create a legacy that will be well remembered. In this song he plays the idea that if he can be with the others in the room, he will have a part in shaping the country. But what he fails to realize and why Hamilton is there, is of his beliefs. Entertainment can come from when characters are trying to hold everything together while getting their objective/desires. The audience is able to get insight into those desires in a well written and somewhat jazzy song about creating government deals.