Hamilton: An American Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda is packed full of diverse themes executed in the most subtle of ways, mesmerizing audiences since 2015. Within these subtleties, we can find various motifs, or repeating lines within the musical often used to imply the existence of themes. One of these motifs is the line “Wait for it”, used in multiple songs from the beginning of the musical right until the end. This motif is used to imply the existence of time. The theme of time in the Hamilton: An American Musical is crafted through the use of the motif “Wait for it” which changes through the musical as it goes from a harmless ideology shared between peers into a taunt, and then later into an ominous message of time. The first time “Wait …show more content…
Our song “The Room Where It Happens” is from Burr's point of view and his outside opinion of Hamilton being the one allowed into the room. Burr calls Hamilton out for taking more than he gave in the meeting with Madison and Jefferson, and in response Hamilton tells Burr “You get nothing if you wait for it”(Miranda, 189). This continues the previous establishment of Hamilton being the type of man to snatch up his chance while Burr continues to wait for his chance instead. Yet, we see the shift in Burr after Hamilton says this and he fully declares, “I wanna be in the room where it happens”(Miranda, 188), finally realizing his own ambitions and realizing his need to directly compete against Hamilton’s overflowing ambition. Hamilton still views time as a competitor, while Burr finally realizes that he has to fight against the natural order of time if he really wants to get the power he desires. Lin-Manuel Miranda uses this song to establish the shift in the timely atmosphere as the musical comes closer and closer to the end. He does this once again in the song Hurricane'', sung by Hamilton after he receives the letter from James Reynolds after his affair with his wife, Maria Reynolds and is confronted by the Southern …show more content…
While Eliza is singing about what she was able to achieve after Hamilton’s death, the continuing chorus is the repetition of the word “time” (Miranda, 281). Time has finally caught up to Hamilton in his death, but the important part of this line is now Eliza is competing against time to secure Alexander Hamilton's legacy after the clock chimed in for his death. In the end, this all worked as Hamilton’s story has outlasted time and made it to the 21st
“Rise up! When you’re living on your knees, you rise up.” In Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton and his fellow colonists “rise up” against the British monarchy’s oppression of the colonies. The lyric very much relates to Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel The Jungle. The Jungle follows the story of an immigrant family living in Chicago whose lives and human dignities are exploited due to American Capitalism and corruption. Sinclair conveys his attitude toward this through multiple voices, and ultimately, elucidates the need for the working class to “rise up” against corporate America. One of the voices represents America’s corrupt Capitalists and how they dissuade workers from going on strike. Another explicitly tells
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...he situation: people will always do what is convenient for them. As she puts it, “It’s not us doing the waiting,” Eleanor said. “It’s the house. I think it’s biding its time.” “Waiting until we feel secure, maybe, and then it will pounce.”
Acts 3 scene 1 of the play is a turning point. How important are the
Based on the classic Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Roman, Julie, and Friends displays a new theme on becoming friends with children of all genders, even if it is not expected or allowed by their friends. There were many changes made to create a story that resembled Romeo and Juliet but also changed the meaning to a more positive and age appropriate moral. For example some of the original characters are resembled in the remediation, while others were completely new for the purpose of the new plot. The classic play was changed to a children’s book to provide a positive message to children by using pictures and designs that would suit a child’s liking. The design of the book was happy and cheerful, with basic pictures that resemble the words but are similar to the other pictures in the book. The book also uses ethos, logos, and pathos to sell the moral of the story. Ethos is mainly used by the creditability of Shakespeare. While pathos is the ability for the reader to connect with the characters personalities and stories. Logos is used by providing the child realize that friends can be any gender or personalities, but if given the chance a friend can be found in anyone. The target audience is for children around the reading level of 3, with the purpose being the idea that children can become friends with children of any gender.
Harmon is one of the top three finalists of the once famous entertainment show, American Idol. Harmon decides to interpret this song because it relates to the difficult situation he finds himself in as he is in the top three (“Trent Harmon”). Just like James, Harmon reinterpreted the song with the same ideas. Harmon put soul into the song because he knew he had to sacrifice everything he had on stage in order to become the last one standing. However, unlike James version of “Waiting Game”, Harmon emphasizes more of the endings of the lines in the song and combines it with a higher pitched voice. Harmon’s voice gives a different feeling than to James’ gospel ways. Harmon adds a twist of cheerfulness like if he knew for sure something wonderful was about to happen (“Trent Harmon”). This version captures listeners who have endured moments of hope as they reach something better. These two versions of “Waiting Game” have differences and similarities that continue to share the idea of
Fate or choice? Choice or fate? How does one separate these ideals? Can one? Shakespeare could not. Nor can we. Fate and choice are so intertwined that our choices determine our fate, and our fate determines our choices. William Shakespeare trusts the audience to scrutinize whether it is fate or choice that rules our human life. Shakespeare aptly conveys this oxymoron (with which people have been dealing for ages) through the evidence and structure of his play, Romeo and Juliet.
Hamilton: An American Musical, the spellbinding play by Lin-Manuel Miranda, nominated for a record breaking sixteen Tony Awards and winning eleven. How have they gotten their success? It doesn't only consist of an amazing sore and script, actors can make or break a musical/play. What makes Hamilton: An American Musical revolutionary is not only the talent and experience of the cast its the background and races of the cast. Though all the characters are white, the main actors are all different races. The founding fathers and mothers of the United States are played by an assortment of African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Pacific Islanders, Puerto Ricans, and Caucasians. 2016-17 has proved to be a very diverse year for Broadway, with revivals
Take for example Mama Morton’s “When You’re Good To Mama,” this number not only introduces Mama, but it also exposes the way in which things are run in the Cook County Jail, where Roxie and Velma are inmates. The song “We Both Reached for The Gun” is imperative to the musical as it tells Roxie’s story from Billy Flynn’s perspective, which ultimately attains her discharge from jail. Chicago is packed with great energizing songs that always seem to reach several climaxes as they build momentum towards a big musical orgasm, as is the case with the last song of the film, “Nowadays”, where Roxie and Velma perform together on stage for the first time. Regardless of their function, all the songs in the soundtrack have a certain finesse that makes the movie a real auditory delight. In conclusion, everyone who enjoys the magic of Broadway and the fantasy world of Hollywood must watch Chicago.
Miranda’s unorthodox style and skilled composition are able to successfully explore and describe the life story of Hamilton to a lay audience. In the same way that Hamilton struggled to make a name for himself, the Onofrio and O’Reilly families worked long and hard to become successful. It is one of the greatest aspects of American society that somebody can decide their own future. And rightfully so it is one of the aspects that Miranda focuses on the most. The musical Hamilton does not just tell the story of Alexander Hamilton, it tells the story of the United States as a whole, and of millions of its
Initially going into reading this play, I thought it would just be a traditional telling of the environment, setting, and little information about our protagonist. However, I seemed a little odd that the setting was just describing the scenery of the play itself with curtains and we are introduced to the stage manager for the play. The Stage Manager explains significant parts within the play like, scenery, landmarks, and certain objects. Few pages in, we’re finally introduced to two actual character in the play itself. Joe Crowell Jr. and Dr. Gibbs are the characters we are introduced to. As explained by the Stage Manager, Crowell was a college graduate from Massachusetts Tech. However, there was “the war” came to France. This war being World
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare The idea of courtly love based in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth night' involved a woman being put on a pedestal and worshipped from a distance like she was goddess who could not be attained. Only by very long devotion and lots of trials could a man get this kind of woman. The woman quite often appeared to be both cruel and fair. Courtly love was a sexless kind of love and was more idealised.
Musical theatre is a type of theatrical performance combining music, dance, acting and spoken dialogue. Written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, ‘West Side Story’ is a classic American musical based on William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The through-composed score and lyrics are used to portray different characters and their cultures, the rivalry between the Jets and Sharks, and the emotions felt as the story progresses. This essay will be exploring the music and how effective the score is in realising the world and characters of the musical. Furthermore, it will discuss how Bernstein and Sondheim relate characters’ diverse ethnicities to particular musical ideas and motifs.
...one of the antics at the start play to woo Olivia succeed for Orsino and Viola’s initial plan in the beginning does not blossom. This line concludes the part of Feste’s song in which he is giving a synopsis of the play. The last two stanzas are addressed to the audience and Feste thanks them.
Eliza does not want to continue being part of the high society and has to stay under Higgins watch but wants to return to where she came from (Berst 100).