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.
I also think that this is one of the sweetest songs. You can really see how much they love each other, but they also voice their insecurities. He's worried about her being unhappy with being poor, because she grew up with money and he's scared thats the life that she wants. She doesn't think that Hamilton is really in love her. She asks him to let her into his heart. I didn't realize that she had any insecurities in their relationship, but know i wonder if she wonders if he married her for her money and social standing and that was it.
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