Hamilton Musical Analysis

In the musical, Hamilton, a lot can be learned about history. There are various stories and events being told throughout both acts that helps us visualize what it was like in that time period. The history of how Hamilton impacted America is being told in this musical. He came as an immigrant but played a huge role in the nation’s history still. I believe this history is being told to educate the country about the history and significance of Alexander Hamilton. This is important because most people do not know much about Alexander Hamilton other than he is a founding father. There is so much more to know about his journey and why he fights for what he believes in. I imagine this musical is so popular because it is put into the modern form of

The musical opens up with a song called, “Alexander Hamilton”. In this song describes Hamilton’s life before moving to the new world, American. Different characters describe him and his past story in the Caribbean. By describing these events that happen in Hamilton’s early life, it foreshadows the other events that will happened in the show.
After this song, the musical moves on to after Hamilton arrives in New York in 1776. The song, “Aaron Burr, Sir” describes how Burr and Hamilton met and how they already were very different. The lyric “talk less, smile more” said by Burr is most remembered from this song because it highlights the differences already from Burr and Hamilton. Burr was cautious and quiet about his beliefs and Hamilton was the exact opposite. This causes them to not agree on whether or not Burr will fight will Hamilton to make changes for the

The song “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)” is performed. This song expresses the Battle of Yorktown and how America wins and all of the sudden they see a future in freedom. This is expressed by the saying, the world turned upside down, originally in history the British marched off the Battle of Yorktown to the song “The World Turned Upside Down” (Miller). In the musical, the whole cast is singing this to represent everything is suddenly changing in the war and America has a great chance of finally winning and gaining