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How Does Hamilton Change Throughout The Play

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The movie musical “Hamilton” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Richard Rogers is a musical about Alexander Hamilton's life. It discusses Hamiltion’s uprising with the government. Along the way, he inherited many loyal friends who stuck by his side throughout the journey. Some of his biggest supporters included John Laurens, Hercules Mulliagan, and Layfaette. These characters are introduced in the song Aaron Burr, Sir, when each of these individuals express their love for change. We are soon introduced to one of his closest friends, Aaron Burr. Alexander then meets his wife, Eliza Hamilton, and her sisters who were just as excited to see the revolution around them. The revolution continued as they fought to gain freedom from King …show more content…

Hamiliton soon became the victor of the Battle of Yorktown and won the freedom from King George’s rule. The story continues with Hamilton taking on a variety of roles, such as lawyer and secretary of treasury.He proposes an idea for a new U.S Constitution and asks Burr for help.This plays out in the song, “Non-stop”, where Burr is unsure of Hamiltons decision for a new constitution. He receives pushback from another big figure in government, Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the federalist papers and attended many cabinet meetings. Hamilton’s downfall continues with the Reynolds Pamphlet, he has an affair and writes in order to clear his name - yet loses his marriage in the end. He also endured the loss of his son, Phillip Hamilton. A terrible dual went wrong against Mr.Eacker and cost Phillip his life. Although the death of his son brings back Eliza, he spends the rest of his career in hiding because of all his losses. As the 1800 election rolls around, Burr and Jefferson run for president and ask Hamilton to endorse a candidate. He chooses Jefferson despite having hatred towards …show more content…

I never thought that I would be so invested in a founding fathers life. Learning things from friendships to heartbreaks. One thing that I unexpectedly learned about was the Reynolds Pamphlet. This was shown in the song, “The Reynolds Pamphlet”, which was a whole song dedicated to the exposure of Hamilton's affair. After this song, we are able to see the heartbreak of Eliza and how she did not want anything to do with Hamilton. She sang a song that was her experience through this time, where she decided that she had to leave Alexander. Eliza is definitely one of my favorite characters! She not only realized her worth, but she also had the strength to forgive him. Eliza is such a strong character, and definitely deserves more appreciation. The final scene is able to show how much Eliza truly accomplished, such as speaking against slavery, funding the Washington Monument, spreading Alexander's writings, and the orphanage. Another character that I love is Aaron Burr, which is controversial. I think that he was so honest, he knew from the beginning that Hamilton's ambitions would kill him. Aaron was a people pleaser, and very relatable. One character that I absolutely hated was Maria Reynold, granted it takes two to destroy a family, I hate how she didn’t own up to her mistake. The scene where she keeps on denying the fact that she didn’t know that her husband was going to blackmail Alexander, this proves the point that she didn't

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