Say no to this

This song was interesting more many reasons. Burr is the one that starts off the song, Hamilton is longing for Angelica??? what??? 

First, even though that this song is about Hamilton and his affair with Maria, Burr is the one that starts off the song. why? well i'm glad you asked, here's my theory. So we all know that Hamilton isn't Burr's number one fan, so he opened up the song attempting to humiliate Hamilton because he's allowing Hamilton to talk about his own affair. how sweet. I especially liked the last line that he say's "I'll let him tell it," because he's allowing Hamilton, the original source tell his story and we all know that the story is better told from the original source, you can never tell it like the first person and that's what Burr is doing here. he is allowing Hamilton to tell his own story so you know it's going to be good because it's coming from him, but no it's not good, why? because it's a story about an affair! that's right!

Second, Hamilton is longing for Angelica? that's so weird. I mean angelica comes before his wife. he even says it in that order! "Longing for Angelica, Missing my wife." umm... shouldn't his first thought be about his wife and not about his wife's sister? that's what I thought as well, but no. Because he states this, that means that Angelica and Hamilton must've had a fling going on. And although the Maria one made more headlines for obvious reasons, I still think that he and Angelica still had a thing for each other but it just never made the news. 

The story of tonight

This song caught my attention because these men, Lafayette, Laurens, Mulligan, and Hamilton all say that they will join the fight, or the war even though they think that they are going to die. To me, I think that this sounded a bit odd because I mean their talking about their lives here! And they are talking about dying in battle and yes, it is for a great cause, for gaining back their independence and freedom from Great Britain but they have a high probability of dying which doesn't sound very appealing to me. But hey, you do you man.

I did like the tone and the melody of the song because it had a soft tone. I honestly just think that this song choice fit very well with the song itself because it's not as hyped up, like if there was a battle, there would rapping and the music would be loud. However, in this song it's almost as if it's leading up to the big battle song. It almost reminds me of the Jaws theme song where it's quiet but then it gets louder in the end, so this song is like a prequel for the next song and it's soft in the beginning but will get louder in the end.

one of my favorite quotes from this song is:
          Raise a glass to freedom

          Something they can never take away

          No matter what they tell you

          Raise a glass to the four of us
I personally love this quote because it's very true, Great Britain can take away their  money, their food, houses, family, and many other things but they can never take away their spirit, their will, their freedom, and their motivation to fight for their freedom.

That would be enough

To me, one of the sweetest songs in the musical is That would be enough, because it's where Eliza tells Hamilton how much she loves him and how she want's him and only him. The melody and the tone of the song also add to how sweet the song is because the song has such a soft melody and there's no rapping or loud music. It's just two people telling each other how much they love each other.

To me this is a story of true love because Hamilton say's in the song "Will you relish being a poor man's wife unable to provide for your life?" When he says this to Eliza, I feel like he's kind of testing her, and trying to see if she was in it for the fame and fortune or really just for him. And Eliza responds with "I relish being your wife." So she loves being his wife and wouldn't want it any other way even if they have no money and she can't have the life that she dreams of having. as long as she has him, then her life is complete.

In the beginning of the song, Hamilton asks Eliza how long she has known. and she responds with "a month or so." and when I heard this for the first time, I was really confused, like how long has she known what? but now I realize that Eliza is talking about being pregnant with their son because later she asks Hamilton if he wants to meet his son. So once Eliza found out she was pregnant, she wanted the general to send Hamilton home so that he could live and watch his son be born and watch him grow up. She didn't want Hamilton to die and miss out on seeing his son. This to me is very sweet because Eliza is putting away her's and Hamilton's interests and putting the baby's interest first by allowing Hamilton to live and see his son and so his son could grow up with a father figure around.

Alexander Hamilton

If i'm being completely honest, I think my favorite song in this musical is the first song, Alexander Hamilton because of the style that the writers decided to use, the word choice, and the use of rhymes as well. I like it because it tells Hamilton's life in the beginning in a fun and charismatic way. A style that I liked in the musical was rap and it's use of rhymes. For example, a line that John Laurens say's in the song is:

          The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father

          Got a lot farther by working a lot harder

          By being a lot smarter

          By being a self-starter

          By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter

I really like this line because the rapping in it catches my attention because it has a faster pace and keeps me engaged. Also at the end of each line, each word sounds similar to the next one. father, harder, smarter, starter, and charter. all of these words together would be considered a rhyme. by using these words, it's not only able to get the message out about Hamilton but it also catches the audience's attention and makes the audience want to continue listening to the song. I know for me, when I heard this first set of rhyming words, I kept listening to the rest of the song to see if I could identify some more sets of rhymes and I did, which kept my interest throughout the entire song. 

          

Dear Theodosia

When I heard this song for the first time, I thought it was so sweet and caring and it was such a perfect father daughter and father son song. there are many factors that go into this song that make it such a great song and that many parents can relate to.

one factor that I noticed in the song was the melody and the pace of the song really make it a nice and sweet song because when both Burr and Hamilton sing the song, they are both quiet as if their trying not to wake up the baby. The fact that it's two grown men who are singing this song in a quiet tone shows that not only they are capable of being a fighter and a patriot but they are also capable of compassion, and kindness which is a great touch to this song and partly why it pulls on America's heartstrings.

another factor that goes into this song is the actual message of the song because in the song both Burr and Hamilton say:
          You will come of age with out young nation

          We'll bleed and fight for you, we'll make it right for you

          If we lay a strong enough foundation

          We'll pass it on to you, we'll give the world to you.
So what they are saying to their children is that they would do anything for their children and if that meant giving their lives so that their children can live to see another day, then they will do it. they are also saying that if they create a good government for the United States and it is a stable and fair government then their children will grow up in a free society where they are able to have many opportunities and help to improve the American society.

The Winter's Ball

In the song "The Winter's Ball," the first line in the song is sung by Burr and he says "How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore..." I found it interesting that Burr said this as his first line because Burr also said this exact same line in the first song, "Alexander Hamilton." A reason as to why I think that Burr said this same line both in the beginning song and the ninth song is because so much has happened to Hamilton within these songs. First, Hamilton's mother dies, he has to move in with his cousin but his cousin commits suicide, he moves to New York. In New York he meets a man named Aaron Burr and they become friends. Hamilton wants to fight in the revolution and ends up becoming George Washington's right hand man in the war and then he, Burr, and other men go to the Winter's Ball which is a ball where Hamilton meet's his future wife Eliza. However, in the song "Right Hand Man," the song before this song, Washington states that he is looking for a right hand man to help him win the war and Burr steps up and attempts to make a case as to why he should be Washington's right hand man but then Hamilton walks in and Washington completely ignores Burr and focuses solely on Hamilton and asks Burr to leave and blows him off. He wants Hamilton because Washington has heard good things about Hamilton and thinks that he can help him win the war. this makes Burr very mad so in the next song when they go to the ball, he says that Hamilton is obnoxious, arrogant, and a loudmouth bother plus the first line in the song. Burr says all of these negative things about Hamilton because he is Washington's right hand man and not him, so he is jealous of Hamilton. The first line in the song takes on two different meanings because in the first song, the line talks about how even despite all of these obstacles and hardships that Hamilton faced growing up, he still became a scholar, and a hero. however in the ninth song, this line is taken much more negatively in a sense that Hamilton is a bad person, and that despite all of these terrible things about him and his horrific past, that he still got to be Washington's right hand man instead of Burr.