History has its eyes on you

          I thoroughly enjoyed this song. The tempo at which this song is slow but it really works for this song because what Washington is telling Hamilton that he needs to be careful in every decision he makes because not only will it affect him, it will also affect the rest of the world. Something else that is in the background of the song is the sound of drum being played, to me it gives more of a military feel because both Hamilton and Washington are in the military and Washington is promoting Hamilton to his command.
          A line that I really like in the song is "History has its eyes on you" because it's very true especially since Hamilton is a famous figure and Washington is a very famous and a well respected president and commander and that all of that pressure will be passed onto Hamilton and Washington is telling Hamilton to basically don't do anything stupid while he is in charge because it will come back and haunt him.
          When I think about this song, I kinda compare Washington to be the father and Hamilton to be the son and the son is ready to head off into the world and become his own person and the dad is telling his son to be careful and to be cautious and think twice about something before he ever acts on anything because Washington has been down this path before and he knows the do's and the don'ts of his position and he is just telling Hamilton the mistakes that he made in the past so as to prevent Hamilton from making the same mistakes in the future.  

The Election of 1800

          This song had me on the edge of my seat the entire way through because throughout the entire song, everyone is asking Hamilton who he is going to vote for, Burr or Jefferson? And in the end, he ends up choosing Jefferson which was shocking to me considering all of the crap that Jefferson has laid on Hamilton. Hamilton's reasoning for voting for Jefferson is, "Jefferson has beliefs. Burr has none." To me, Hamilton has no morals or boundaries and to be president and in charge of a nation that is risky to have no morals or boundaries because it could cause wars with other countries or it could cause conflict within the country itself.
          In the beginning of the song, I felt bad for Hamilton because Hamilton's son just died and everyone doesn't really care that much because they are all worried about the election of 1800 and everyone is pressuring Hamilton to make a choice when it comes to voting. It's like they are not giving him a break or any space, they just keep hammering him with questions and not really stopping to ask him how he's doing or how he's feeling.
          Something that I found was interesting in the song was that Burr and Jefferson were both tied  for the presidency but once Hamilton said that he was voting for Jefferson, Jefferson ended up winning the election in a landslide. It shocked me that Hamilton had such an effect on the people's vote because I thought that they all hated him because he had an affair with Maria and so I thought that no one would care about him or his opinion because they thought that he couldn't be considered to be trustworthy.

The Reynolds Pamphlet

          Honestly, I have zero sympathy for Hamilton in this song because in this song, the truth about his affair with Maria Reynolds is shared to everyone in the city. Now because of this affair, everyone in America hates him and they all say that he is never going to be president. This line is repeated several times, 18 times to be exact, and this is roughly a two minute song, so that's a lot of times which means that this line was important.
          To me, this line shows that the citizens that live in the United States are very hurt by this betrayal and they do not want someone like Hamilton to be in charge of the country. I think that this affair affected the citizens deeply because when you think of a president, the words that come to mind are honest, respectful, kind, accepting, modest, etc. and when you see Hamilton who was supposed to be all of those things broke that when he was dishonest to not only his wife but to his country and I think that the people thought that if he was lying about this then what else is lying about and since he is dishonest, will he do what's right for this country or will he put his own needs above everyone else and screw over the nation.
          Something else that caught my attention was when Angelica came back all the way from London. It's not so much that she came back from London that caught my attention, it was what she said. In the song, Angelica states:
          Put what we had aside

          I'm standing at her side

          You could never be satisfied

          God, I hope you're satisfied
The reason as to why this caught my attention was when she says "we." Because this means that Hamilton and Angelica had a thing for each other which would be even worse than the whole Maria thing, I mean could you imagine Hamilton having an affair on his wife with her sister! Oh my god! The whole word would go ballistic! Also, the way that Angelica says the rest of those lines show that she was mad at Hamilton that he ended up choosing Maria Reynolds instead of her.

Guns and Ships

I really like this song because it is so upbeat and I like the rapping part that they put in this song. It really caught my attention and honestly this is where we see Lafayette's full potential in this war and we see just how much he can help in winning this war. During the parts that Lafayette raps in he talks about making the redcoats redder with bloodstains, dropping them, burning their bodies and then scattering their remains, and lastly he talks about engaging them, escaping them and then enraging them. The last line caught my attention because it suggests that Lafayette is toying with the British to gain information for the Americans.
          The lines that Lafayette say in the song definitely shows a more vicious side to Lafayette because he talks about murdering the British, and burning their bodies and scattering their ashes everywhere.
          Something positive that Lafayette states in the song is:
          I go to France for more funds

          I come back with more

          Guns

          And ships

          And so the balance shifts
This line gives the Americans more hope because this shows that after all these years of losing to a super power like Britain, they finally are fighting on an even playing field with Britain. This line also shows yet another side of Lafayette. This side of Lafayette shows that he is not afraid to fight for what he wants and what he wants is freedom from Britain and he is willing to do anything to gain that freedom.  

Your Obedient Servant

          In this song, Burr is angry at Hamilton for dismissing him so many times and for taking over his position and Burr's anger has been building up to this moment until he just snaps. At the very end of the song he states "Then stand, Alexander Weehawken. Dawn. Guns. Drawn." Burr is hoping to have a duel with Hamilton so that he can get rid of the man that has been ruining his life by undermining him. I honestly admire Burr's ability to hold back his anger for so long while this man who was also an orphan has risen up and taken almost everything good that has happened to Burr. For example, Hamilton became George Washington's right hand man when in reality it should've been Burr. 

          Something that I found that was interesting in this song was that even though the two men were angry at each other, they still put their grievances in the form of a letter. I thought that it was humorous, because these two grown men who despise each other are saying "mean" things to each other in a formal, hand written letter. And at the end of each letter, they sign it with "A dot Ham" or "A dot Burr." The reason as to why I put mean in quotation marks is because what they say to each other is pretty mild to what people would say to each other now whenever they are mad at each other. However, that being said things started to heat up in the end when Burr asked for duel with Hamilton and that does not happen anymore in today's society. 

The world was wide enough

          This song is about Hamilton's and Burr's duel and Hamilton's final moments. The majority of the song is put in Burr's perspective because he was the one that survived and since he survived, he gets to be one of the people to tell the story. through the tone of Burr's voice leading up the final shot, it sounded as though Burr didn't really want to participate in the duel but he was going to so that he could protect his daughter. he states in the song "I had only one thought before the slaughter. This man will not make an orphan of my daughter." So he is in this duel so that he can make it back to his daughter and watch her grow up into a young woman.

          Something else that I found was interesting was when Hamilton started to speak, it almost sounded like Hamilton was in a poetry slam event. The reason that it sounds like a poetry slam is because there are moments where Hamilton is quiet but then he gets loud and gets really into it. for example, Hamilton was quiet when he said Eliza's name, and how she should take her time, and that he will see her on the other side when it's her time. I think that Hamilton was quiet during this part because people tend to associate women with being soft, weak, quiet, etc. and this was a way to show that "feminine" side. 

          Lastly, probably the most interesting thing that occurred in the song is the line "he aims his pistol at the sky-" this line, to me is the most interesting one in this song because at the last second, Hamilton just puts his pistol up the sky and it's like a form of surrender. But Burr wasn't aware of Hamilton's surrender so by the time that he realized, it was to late. I have a theory as to why Hamilton put his pistol up to the sky. In the song "Blow us all away" Phillip gets in a duel with George Eacker, and Hamilton told Phillip to point his pistol up to the sky as a form of surrender but when he did that, George had already fired and it was to late. coincidence? I think not. So maybe Hamilton put his pistol up to the sky because he still feels guilty for what happened to Phillip, that it was his fault that he died, and so if he put his pistol up to the sky, then it would make up for what happened to Phillip. On some level, I think Hamilton knew that he was going to die, because in the poetry slam part, it sounded like he was saying goodbyes to the people that he knew and cared for. 

Burn

In the song "Burn," Eliza tends to use the word you when she is angry at Hamilton for all that he has done. for example, she states:

          You and your words, obsessed with your legacy...

          Your sentences border on senseless 

          And you are paranoid in every paragraph 

          How they perceive you

every time she says "you" she is saying that it is Hamilton's fault for everything that is wrong with their marriage, and how he cares so little about their marriage being ruined because he is more worried about his image and reputation than he is about how his actions will affect his marriage. 

something else that Eliza talks about is what Angelica said when they found out that Hamilton had been having an affair with Maria. She asks do you know what Angelica said and Angelica states this in the song, "You have married an Icarus. He has flown too close to the sun." I was curious when she mentioned this in the song because I had no idea what an Icarus was until I looked it up. Icarus comes from greek methodology. It tells the story about a man named Icarus who was the son of Daedalus who created the labyrinth, and his father gave him wings made out of feathers and wax so that Icarus could escape from the labyrinth, however Icarus flew to close to the sun, and all the wax melted and Icarus fell into the sea and drowned. So when Angelica compares Hamilton to Icarus she means that Hamilton is a very confident and arrogant man, and his arrogance is what made him lose everything that he cares about, which would include his family and his reputation.