Rap Music Outline Research Paper

I. The music is a diverse mix of modern Broadway music and rap music. A. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the musical and acted as Alexander Hamilton himself, felt that hip-hop and rap worked best for Hamilton’s life. 1. Each founding father has a different rap pattern and abinet meetings are performed through rap battles. 2. Elizabeth Schuyler, Alexander’s wife, sings the love song “Helpless” like a Sara Bareilles song before her sister Angelica performs “Satisfied” like a Beyoncé jam. 3. The Schuyler sisters sing in a harmony similar to that of Destiny’s Child. B. The diverse music makes the intangible lives of the characters accessible and relatable for old and young people.

II. The cast is multicultural.
A. The founding fathers were “white” men but Miranda casted the show with people …show more content…
Hamilton himself is played by a Latino/Puerto Rican. 2. Elizabeth is performed by a Chinese-American. 3. John Laurens and Philip Hamilton are acted by someone of Puerto Rican descent. 4. Aaron Burr, Angelica Schuyler, Hercules Mulligan, and James Madison were people with fair skin but were casted with people of dark complexion. B. Miranda says this is the story of America then, told by America today, and should look how America looks today. C. Casting people of color in a white story takes all limits off for anyone viewing this.

III. The musical centers not only on the men who became founding fathers but also on the women of that time. A. The women in this show are anything but silent. 1. Eliza continually stands up for herself and manages to secure his husband’s legacy in American history. 2. Angelica is as smart as the founding fathers and knows that the only thing holding her back is being a woman. 3. The two, with their sister Peggy Schuyler, preach about equality. B. The musical shows that while the men of history are important for what they have done for America, some of their stories would not have even been told if not for the women of that