Hamilton, By Lin-Manuel Mirand Music Analysis

When Lin-Manuel Miranda gave the 183rd commencement speech at Wesleyan University, hundreds of sleepy, terrified graduates, and their loved ones, leaped to their feet and applauded him on that 24th of May in 2015. Miranda spoke of time and the lack there of it, about chasing your dreams and not throwing away your shot and also wait patiently for those moments to come to you. Lin-Manuel gave this empowering commencement speech the spring before his second Broadway musical Hamilton sat its first audience. The musical was new and stirring excitement in many people, students and adults alike. Lin-Manuel Miranda connects with his audience to give an effective message, the importance of time, by using stylistic devices of open song and repetition

As history is commonly viewed as dull and boring, Miranda changes this perception through the integration of popular music styles, rap and hip-hop, into the musical. While all of the facts are historically accurate, the audience is exposed to the debates through articulated rap battles and charged emotions are expressed through songs. The songs are also accompanied by choreography, which is a writing idea that is taken and exaggerated to an emotional state that is physicalized. Through these methods, the public gets an easier understanding of motives behind certain actions, such as Aaron Burr shooting Alexander Hamilton at a duel, as well as an clearer comprehension on what happened in history. Through rap and the hip hop style, music is used to keep history current, and provide stories the audience hasn’t heard before. In effect, Hamilton has inspired kids who weren’t good at history to look at a different perspective of the characters. In the musical there is no protagonist nor antagonist. Instead, all of the characters are portrayed as flawed, especially Hamilton, as he not only owned slaves, but was the center of the first political sex scandal in the United States. This allows the audience to know the characters on a realistic level, and acknowledge the fact that although Hamilton is one of the nation’s greatest founding fathers, he is also a man capable of

Legacy is the story you leave behind that future generations will know about. Hamilton: An American Musical was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed on Broadway. This musical is a modern interpretation of the life of one of the founding fathers of the United States, Alexander Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda expresses the theme of having to work hard to build your legacy, so your story is told throughout the performance. This Broadway show uses the literary devices of tone, allusion, and repetition to execute the theme of legacy.

The story of Alexander Hamilton written by Ron Chernow. I picked up this book a few years ago after I found out there was a Broadway show being created around it. I instantly wondered how they were going to create a Broadway musical around the story of a historical American figure. I found the book difficult to put down. Hamilton’s life was never easy, he was born as an illegitimate child, at ten years of age, his father abandoned him and his mother. Only a short two years later his mother passed away while holding an ill Hamilton. He was adopted by a cousin, who committed suicide shortly after taking him in also during that time his aunt, uncle, and grandmother also passed. By the time he was a young teenager, he and his brother were orphaned, alone and destitute. Hamilton took it upon himself to work hard, and write his way out of the Caribbean and immigrate to America. He accomplished many incredible feats during his short 47 years of life.

There are many characteristics that could impact one’s life in a negative way causing them to lose everything in life such as selfishness, messiness, untrustworthiness, self-righteousness, or ego. In the award-winning musical, Hamilton: The Revolution, by Lin-Manuel-Miranda, the character of protagonist, Alexander Hamilton may be described in many ways. However, one character trait stands out among the rest. The main character trait of Alexander Hamilton, self-righteousness, shaped everything about his life: how he grew up, how he dominated in debates, and even how he fell from grace. Hamilton always stuck by his ideals, not caring whether it affected other people. These traits led him to lose and gain

The American Revolution has been revolutionized with the new musical, starred in and written by award-winning actor and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Hamilton.” Like Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” it is a groundbreaking adaptation of a story read and then brought to life by a new author. Miranda related to Alexander Hamilton and was so inspired he set forth to create this masterpiece. The new Broadway play has taken the stage by storm, setting numerous records and performing to sold out audiences nightly.

Hamilton is a musical written by Lin Manuel Miranda that was debuted on January 20th, 2015. It was a great success winning alone 11 Tony awards (“Tony Awards 2016” 2016). From The Public Theater to Broadway, Hamilton has reached the eyes and ears of many leaving people thirsty for more of Hamilton. Hamilton the Musical is the owner of 46 tracks that lead the listener through the life of Alexander Hamilton; from childhood up until his unfortunate duel that results in his death. Hamilton the Musical demonstrates the struggles and hardships Alexander Hamilton had to face and secondary sources show Lin-Manuel Miranda’s childhood and upbringing that demonstrate and provide similarities between Lin-Manuel and Hamilton.

So I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of the famous broadway musical Hamilton, right? Well Lin Manuel Miranda didn’t tell exactly what happened, which is why I’m here! So on with the show, or life story, whatever you would like to call it is fine!

Hamilton has created a revolution. Hamilton: An American Musical is a musical created by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The musical is based on a book written by Ron Chernow about Alexander Hamilton’s life. The story narrates the founding of the United States. The show is being called a revolution due to its language. Lin-Manuel Miranda is being called this generation’s Shakespeare. They both use modern language to reach their audience. In this case, the language is Rap and Hip Hop. Most broadways show reach fame, Lin-Manuel Miranda manages to capture the attention of not only broadway fans but also captures the attention of non-broadway fans.

This musical tells the story of Alexander Hamilton - one of the founding fathers of the United States of America- who was an immigrant from the Caribbean. It is important to note that the creator of the musical is Lin Manuel Miranda. Miranda plays Alexander Hamilton and he is Latino. This tale takes place in the late 1700s and the early 1800s. Now, if history class has taught me anything about this time period, it’s that the men in this story were

Hamilton has revolutionized not only people’s view on history, but the musical industry by turning the world of musical theatre upside down. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s play, Hamilton, is written to explain one of our founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton’s life, but is told from a different perspective than history gives us. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first idea of creating a play on Alexander Hamilton sparked when he was only in high school and writing a paper on Hamilton and Burr’s duel. After reading a biography on Alexander Hamilton and working on it for a few years, he sang something that would later be put into the musical at the White House. It is told through hip-hop and rap unlike any other Broadway show.

Oftentimes people have a difficult time connecting with history. They do not see the relevance between something hundreds of years ago and today’s issues. The Broadway musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda does a great job of bridging that gap. Many of the issues that were faced in the time period of Alexander Hamilton are also faced in the world today. An example of this is politicians riding the fence on important issues. A main character in the play is criticized greatly for doing this just as people are currently. In Miranda’s Hamilton, characters are faced with issues and are asked to take a stand just as political leaders are today.

Alexander Hamilton a great founder so great there have been many biographies written and a broadway play capturing the eyes, ears, and minds of a diverse audience. With all the flashing lights amazing choreography and lyricism of the rap performed in this play the mass society that believes solely in the message of diversity and the building of our country by an immigrant can not truly see who Hamilton really was as a founder. The representation he built in the office he created of himself is far from the images of Hamilton represented in “Hamilton: The American Revolution” by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy Carter. This play does not represent the time as it was, but as we wish it would be: a period of fighting for equality for all: for men, for women, and for slaves. Irresponsibly does it sprinkle in small details of history bringing forth a light of immaculate freedom and omitting the cold facts, we do not wish to open our eyes. It is ,however, entertaining.

Whole songs are dedicated to Hamilton’s writing such as “Hurricane” and “The Reynold’s Pamphlet.” For audiences, there is no escaping the words of a man with “thousands of pages of writings” (280). Finally, Hamilton has a verbal legacy permeates the show through the stories that are told about him. Madison tells Jefferson, “Hamilton’s new financial plan is nothing less than government control. I’ve been fighting for the

Hamilton: An American Musical retells the story of Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. With the aid of hip-hop and rap, Lin-Manuel Miranda dramatises Hamilton’s struggles and contributions during the American Revolution and the formative years of the United States. It is praised for its breaking of Broadway conventions, compelling characters and their interactions, beautiful musicality, and the progression of its plot. There are many that see this musical masterpiece as Hamilton’s true autobiography. However, it is not an accurate telling of historical events. Hamilton: An American Musical intentionally alters the truth of Hamilton’s tale as it misrepresents the historical figures of America’s birth, falsifies a romantic interest between Angelica Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton, alters details of certain distressing events, and paints the main antagonist, Aaron Burr, as a villain.