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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"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
"You'll Be Back"
1media/Hamilton-burr-duel.jpg2017-03-31T13:13:52-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2151875The King has Arrivedplain2017-04-04T08:54:19-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2Cast: King George III, Ensemble
Lyrics with Character Names: Total Words: 348, Words Counted Once: 126 Most common Words: "You'll" (7 times), "Love" (5 times), "George" (4 times) Lyrics without Character Names: Total Words: 331, Words Counted Once: 118 Most Common Words: "You'll" (7 times), "Love" (5 times), "Remember" (4 times)
In the introduction to King George III, he informs the audience and the characters of the play, how he is the superior person and that they will all come crawling back to him when their plans fail. Although it is someone what of a threat, the King is able to be over dramatic as he warns the others of what is to come. He may not be the main antagonist, but he sure is not a good guy.
"You'll" is the most common word because King George is warning and soon threatening the people, so by using "You'll it is the direct address that "you will" do this because bad things will happen. From there the words "love" and "remember" and even "George" all progress the story of the song. The words themselves are a huge warning to whoever listens, but it is done in such an over the top fashion that it breaks up some of the seriousness that is about to come. By using the most powerful character (I mean he is the King) as a sarcastic joke that prances around the stage, it breaks up the serious historical situations.