The bare bones of the set of Hamilton: An American Musical is essentially some scaffolding, stairs, exposed brick, and well placed rope. These seemingly simple elements come together to make an intricate time-lapse through our nations history. The set designer for Hamilton is David Korins. The set looks like the belly of a ship and the bakery from Broadway 's "Sweeny Todd" had a love child. The set floor consists of a painted on wood grain that looks very realistic and rustic. The floor is also composed of two giant turntables within each other. Korins says he did base his design of the set off of old ship building sketches. "Inspired by the Capitol
Building’s round dome and the dramatic concept of operating theater, Korins quickly landed on an essential component of the “Hamilton” staging: the turntable.
As early sketches like the ones above show, Korins’ set involves a double turntable arrangement, framed by scaffolding and a second-level catwalk, designed in the style of the ships that brought Alexander Hamilton from the British West Indies to
America. The spinning turntable allows the musical to swirl, the choreography and period garb to leap off the stage." (Huffington Post). The use of the turntable reflects the plot because Hamilton literally never stops going, their world is a constant revolving whirlwind. During the intermission the set literally grows as if it in itself is preparing for Hamilton 's ever expanding journey through his life.
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Alexander Hamilton has taken part in many things , he was killed in a duel because of supporting Jefferson instead of Aaron Burr . He didn’t like the “rough draft “ of the constitution so he redid some parts of it ( i’m not sure what part(s) ) . Hamilton helped with dealing with the money in all of the banks and he also was the first secretary of treasury .
More often than not, people tell me that I am a negative person, or like the famous song lyric in the new broadway hit musical, Hamilton, “I will never be satisfied.” They were right, I may never be satisfied, but to me that a characteristic to be proud of. Whatever it may be that I am working on: a song, a painting, or even an essay, it can always be better. Hamilton has changed my life by showing me how someone who came from nothing can make a huge difference just by standing up for what they believe in. Just for saying, “this is not good enough, let’s do something to make it better.”
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.
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton are two very different, yet similar, people. Jefferson grew up in Virginia to a well respected family, while Hamilton was born in the Caribbean Island of St. Croix, but moved to America when he at age thirteen to get a better education. They were both prodigies in writing, Hamilton wrote about a hurricane around eleven, amazing many people, and Jefferson was able to write eloquence with his pen, all throughout his life. Jefferson was born into a powerful family, owned slaves, and worked on a tobacco farm, while Hamilton married into a New York wealthy family, where he was noticed by General George Washington, and became his personal assistant. After watching
The United States commerce has deteriorated and there is a lack of public and private confidence.
Hamilton and Jefferson were both appointed to Washington's cabinet. Hamilton was the secretary of the treasury and Jefferson became the secretary of state. Creating a cabinet was only one of several precedents set by Washington in areas where the Constituton was silent or unclear.
Though both Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson served as members of President Washington’s cabinet, the two held very different views on the newly founded U.S. government, interpretation of its constitution, and the role of the “masses” in that government. These conflicting views would develop in two political parties, the Federalists led by Hamilton and the Democratic-Republicans led by Jefferson. Although both political parties presented enticing aspects, Hamilton’s views were much more reasonable and fruitful when compared Jefferson’s views; idealistic and too strict in reference to the constitution.
Developing a country and its principals comes with many debates, arguments, and many decisions to be made. In the end of the eighteenth century the Founding Fathers of the newly established America dealt with the difficulties of creating a country with strong political, social, and economic power. With the writing of the Articles of Confederation the country had now developed a national government, but was weak and ineffective. The top leaders of the country knew the flaws of the Articles and gathered together to rewrite the draft. When these decisions makers met in Philadelphia for the Convention the Constitution of the United States was written. This Constitution developed the foundation of the American governmental system. Along with
The argument between Federalists and Anti-Federalists might seem long gone to American citizens, but still their philosophical foundations shape the teams, scope and size of the battlefield. These philosophies go back to two lone men, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Both fought aggressively for a government based on their ideas, and both did make portions of the now-standing American government. This essay will outline the political, social and economic philosophies of both men, how their philosophies influenced the government today, and a closing opinion.
Alexander Hamilton was most likely born on January 11, 1757, although the exact year of his birth is unknown. Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis or St. Kitts to Rachel Fawcett and James Hamilton, but he spent the majority of his youth on the island of St. Croix. His formal education as a child was minimal. When his mother died in 1768, Hamilton took his
While they were living in Drear House, it was obvious some one did not want
According to Scott (2008), the Constitution of America has undergone several translations within the history of America because they found it to be unclear. Whereas it appears discrepant that the unclear Constitution could be useful, the disagreement is the case (Robertson, 2005). Americans regard the Constitution to be helpful for the reason that it allows for diverseness of views. In the history of America, a variety of thoughts would develop with alarming and formidable support through various factions (Robertson, 2005). Today, the main political arguments are presented from the Republican group or Democratic group. During the early periods of the American government, arguments on politics were made by Thomas Jefferson
People worldwide are praising a man who doesn’t deserve it. Despite being considered one of America’s most influential founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton’s character could never compete with his political status. Alexander Hamilton has been made into an inspiration that he doesn’t deserve to be, being portrayed as the exact opposite of what he stood for in a recent resurgence of praise for him sparked in particular by the world-renowned musical Hamilton. Although he may be receiving this praise, his character is undeniably horrid due to many flaws in his character including the encouragement of anti-immigration laws and his desire for powerful landowners to get complete power in government over the
The play “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda brings the founding fathers back to life-with a lot of hip-hop. It all started when Miranda, a writer, composer, and performer, was asked to perform at the White House centered on “the American experience.” The White House expected him to perform something based on his own Latin- American experience, but Miranda had something else in mind. Few months’ prior, Miranda was on vacation with his girlfriend when he started to read a biography on Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Miranda was seized by the story of Hamilton. He was instantly inspired to create a work chronicling Hamilton’s life. He started to see Hamilton’s relentlessness, ambition, intelligence, and stubbornness through his own
Different people have different outlooks on how the nation should be ran and how our economy should produce our money. For instance two great presidents have two different outlooks on how our economy and our politics should work. Thomas Jefferson wanted an economy based on small family owned farms, while Hamilton on the other hand wanted to manufacturer and produce as much as possible in factories. Both of their plans for the economy have many strong points, but they also have some weak points.