Aaron Burr Character Analysis

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Killing your BFF should not make you a villain Lights. Curtains. Action! The new hit musical on Broadway is what critics are raving about. Hamilton written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter is a more modern musical that embodies the style of rap and hip hop! The play is famous for its incredibly genius lyrics that is unlike traditional Broadway music and aims at teaching young people history in a unique way. It uncovers the story of one of our founding fathers who was an immigrant and helped found this country. This is none other than the first secretary of the treasury: Alexander Hamilton. Many characters surrounding Hamilton support his role along with Aaron Burr who is a rather controversial character that is seen in the play. He compliments Hamilton well and easily identifies with the audience as a main supporting character that is always seen alongside Hamilton. Contrary to popular belief, Aaron Burr is not a villain in this story, but is more of a friend to his companion on stage and supports Hamilton’s role throughout the entire play (despite killing him in the end). The second song in the play (and one of the more notable ones) was when Hamilton is first introduced to Aaron Burr. This part is crucial, because Hamilton’s first …show more content…

That is a valid point that viewers have to keep in mind, however could this event have been foreshadowed? Going back to the second song in the play (“Aaron Burr, Sir”) an interesting quote that may have slipped past a lot of viewers was: “Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead” (Miranda 23). This is subtle but noticeable foreshadowing, since it hints at how Hamilton will die. This is one of the only good pieces of evidence that viewers use to argue that Burr is represented as a villain just because he murdered the protagonist. Nevertheless, this should not be the only reason Burr is considered a

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