Brandish: wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.
Famish: Extremely hungry
Abolitionist: a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
Manumission: is the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves.
In loco parentis: (of a teacher or other adult responsible for children) in the place of a parent.
Fraught: (of a situation or course of action) filled with or destined to result in (something undesirable).
Character
Want/Wish
Hamilton
- To go to college “I’m ‘a get a scholarship to King’s College”
- For America to be independent from …show more content…
He establishes Hamilton as a young opportunist who will not give up unless he get what he wants. It shows Hamilton in a different light, in previous songs it sheds him in a more distraught troubled light. He is more confident because he has friends who support him. “I’m ‘a get a scholarship to King’s College/I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag I amaze and astonish” .
How do audience and purpose affect Miranda’s language choices in this song?
The audience is young adults. It involves rap and hip hop music which appeals to younger audiences. It affects Miranda’s language by making the language simpler without deterring from the time period, “I’m young, scrappy and hungry”. It mixes 18th and 21st century language . The purpose of the musical to to inform and explore the life of Hamilton. That affects the language because the songs revolve more around Hamilton and his ideals. In this song it surrounds him with characters that are similar to him, they all talk about taking their shot, “We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!/ We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a …show more content…
-Snow White’s “I Wish/One Song”
- The Wizards of Oz’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
- The Little Mermaids “Part of Your World”
-The Hunchbach of Notre Dame “Out There”
What is the effect of hearing these songs decontextualized from their original movies? In other words, how are these songs being used differently in the context of the radio than they were in the context of the movie they are from?
Hearing I want songs on the radio is different than a movie because a movie has a story. The character is going to attain something they desire in the movie. In the radio it reflects real life events as it is happening, it is not as interesting.
This American Life is a weekly National Public Radio (NPR) show. List three important characteristics of this particular text type. Who is the audience for This American Life? What specific language features indicate that? What is the purpose of this radio show?
Only audio, music or sound effects accompany it
It can be sad, funny or happy.
People can multitask while listening to