Philip Hamilton Alternate Ending

Hamilton reveals that he no longer believes that the colonies will succeed in separating from England when he sings, “he ain’t ever gonna set his descendants free”. With that statement, Hamilton no longer cares for the cause of the revolution but is actually using the war to aid his “ascendancy”. “The Room Where It Happens” is an interesting song as it exposes where Hamilton’s values have gone: “Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the/ Congress floor… Decisions are happening over dinner” (II.5). Hamilton is no longer the innocent boy that was presented at the beginning of the play. The taste of power is too close for him not to do everything in his will to achieve it.

In class, our recent discussions have been focused on the broadway musical Hamilton as well as the life of Alexander Hamilton. The musical is centralized around Hamilton’s life with numerous key characters playing as a foil to the character himself. One major character foil in particular, is the foil between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Throughout the musical, we identify the character foil between the two friends, their defining characteristics, similarities, and the key differences between them.

I shivered and looked at the gun, and then threw it away from myself, back up on the bank, near the pile of ashes. Eyes filled with dread, I sank to my knees and covered my face with my hands. The wind whipped back and forth but all I could do was stare at the person who once was my friend. Slim’s voice shouted. “George. Where you at George?”

“Earlier today, we learned that an attempt was made on your cousin’s life,” her father said to her. “Your mother has so much grief for your cousin, because of the actions that he has made since the past two years – deeds worthy of being told to all

5). In contrast, Hamilton displays a more mild-mannered temperament, deliberately bringing up his role in “preventing a very severe and systematic attack” on Jefferson (Hamilton, para. 5) to portray himself in a better light to Washington.

“So yeah, some people may have been approached to discuss the plan -it wasn’t us.”

“Hamilton: An American Musical” is a musical which has caused a massive uproar in both fans and historians alike due to the play’s beautiful illustration of the life of Alexander Hamilton and his contributions to American history. The song, “Cabinet Battle #2”, illustrates the differing views of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in the debate of the French Revolution. Thomas Jefferson’s position on the matter is that the United States should honor its treaty with France while Hamilton’s opinion, however, is that the treaty between the United States and France is now null and void since the King has died. Hamilton’s argument seemed to provide the most evidence and was more persuading compared to Jefferson’s argument. Hamilton’s argument was much stronger than Jefferson’s since his viewpoint relies on the current events at the time such as the king’s death, and America’s lack of power should they assist, along with the fact that assisting would be completely unnecessary.

"Alexander Hamilton." American Eras, vol. 4, Gale, 1997. Research in Context, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=MSIC&sw=w&u=leb32560&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CK2438000065&asid=2c86e44a1f0f6f4e439e106aa49b4d06. Accessed 6 Dec. 2016.

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.

Therefore, the author intensions of this book was to illustrated the dramatic life that Alexander Hamilton had as an early American Government. Alexander Hamilton had brilliant ideas that couth the attention of George Washington and made him the Secretary of Treasure. Hamilton’s life was not perfect during his childhood he suffer do to his mother and father. His life was full of drama begin with her mother who cheater on her husband with Alexander’s father. The author states that he was well known as “Drama Shadowed his footsteps” (pg. 41). The thesis of the book can be found on the prologue in which the author writes “in all probably Alexander Hamilton was the most important figure in the America history and he never attained the presidency, but he probably had too much deeper and more lasting impact than many who did became presidents.’’ Alexander was well known for his performances that he provides during George

George continued out the door and stumbled down the front porch. He ran off into the forest. Intrigued, Slim quietly followed George not knowing what he was about to witness. Oh so quietly, Slim watched his every move. He was so unsure to why George looked so eager and determined while running through the woods. All the sudden George stopped. Slim quickly did too but not quick enough.

“That’s real rabbit fur trim, too. I swear the hair and beard are a professionally made wig. Look how the beard hugs his face. It’s like it was put on by a special effects artist.”

"It wasn't your fault he was... killed that day. Well it's really late and I am tired... Please forgive yourself.... Please." Queen Isabelle said looking at her brother a lone tear gently falling down her cheek. King Henry whipped away her tear and kissed her forehead. "Goodnight and... I will try... I just wish he could come back for like a second... to say he isn't mad at me. To say that he forgives me or something." The king said sadly smiling at his sister. "He probably wishes it to... He is probably watching you right now and he is sad that you are sad and that you are suffering. He loves you and so dose the rest of us... Thank you for letting us stay over for the week" Queen Isabelle said with a smile. "Not a problem! Anything for you sis." King Henry said cheering up a bit as Queen Isabelle walked to the door. "Love you... See you in the morning." Queen Isabelle said walking out of the room

This scene occurs right before Hamilton and Aaron Burr, a political rival, duel. Hamilton is telling Burr that he will not shy away from his opinion, even if his life depends on it.

It was a bright and warm summer morning when I woke from a good night sleep. Nothing prepared me for the dark, gloomy and sad day ahead of me. You see, this was the day that my cousin and childhood best friend passed away in an auto accident.