ALEXANDER HAMILTON FEMININE? MASCULINE? OR BOTH? In the play Hamilton by Lin Manuel Miranda gender roles are not completely seperate. Hamiltons characteristic show that he acts both feminine and masculine. His feminine side is shown by him marrying his wife because she is wealthy. His masculine side is shown by him being desperate for a war to prove that he is manly. Hamiltons masculinity has him very fond of his legacy it eventually leads to the death of him and his son Philip. Even though he is a man Hamilton …show more content…
A legacy is something handed down by predcessor. In this case the Hamilton last name is the legacy. In Act 2 scene 16 Philip is looking for George Eacker to confront him about the things he said about his father. Philip sings “Ladies Im looking for a Mr.George Eacker/ He made a speech last week, our fourth of July speaker./ He disparaged my fathers legacy in front of a crowd./ I cant have that, Im making my father proud.”(Miranda 54) Philip wants to confront Eacker about the way he belittled his father on fourth of July. Eacker belittling Hamilton has a huge impact on the Hamiltons last name which is why Philip thinks his father would be proud of him because he is being a ‘man’ and defending his father. When Philip finds Eacker they aggree to duel. They duel in Jersey where Philip is shot and taken to a hospital and eventaully dies. To me the cause of Philips death was too much pride. He couldnt ignore the negative things George Eacker had to say about his father. He tries to fill his fathers shoes and handle the situation the way he thought his father would have which led him to die at the age of nineteen. This play also has irony. Not only does Hamilton die at the same place his son was shot, he also dies due to a duel. The person who kills Hamilton is Aaron Burr. What caused the duel between them is Hamiltons endorsement of Thomas Jefferson. Before the duel Burr and Hamilton write a series of letters to one another. Burr writes to Hamilton “Now you call me ‘amoral’/ a ‘dangerous disgrace’,if youve got something to say,/ name a time and a place,/ face to face”(Miranda 71) Hamilton replies to Burr writting “I don’t wanna fight/ but I wont apologize for doing whats right,”(Miranda 72)Burrs finale response to Hamilton is “Weehawkn.Dawn.Guns.Drawn” (Miranda 72) Burr was angry and hurt by
Burr and Hamilton were local rivals in New York politics. They had a sometimes close, but complex, relationship. When Hamilton played dirty politics (yet again) to keep Burr from becoming New York's governor, Burr uncharacteristically lost his self-control, called Hamilton out for a duel, and shot him dead in 1804. It is quite possible that Hamilton actually committed suicide, using Burr as the instrument. Afterwards, Burr took to referring to "my friend Hamilton, whom I shot." At any rate, Burr was vilified nationally for his deed, and Hamilton was less-than-deservedly martyred. Burr and Jefferson, on the other hand, were national political rivals.
Alexander Hamilton was distraught over the death of his eldest son. Chernow describes Hamilton at his son’s funeral, needing to be held up by family and friends due to his extreme distress. Writing to many of his friends, Hamilton spoke of the despair he felt regarding the loss of his son. After Philip Hamilton’s death, Robert Troup mentioned “never did I see a man so completely overwhelmed with grief as Hamilton has been.” The death of Philip Hamilton was clearly a devastating event that brought grief to Alexander Hamilton’s life.
There is no representative difference on setting between both play; the dialog is also the same. There is no music playing. The major differences can be noticed observing the body language chosen in each of the representation.
It is evident, that Hamilton was backed into a duel that he did not want to fight. He did so only after copious demands made by Burr, but not with the intent of ever harming Burr. It was a reluctant move on his part, which in due course led to his untimely demise. To his last hour Hamilton was indeed a man of honor, and nothing short of a gentleman.
Mclane claims that Hamilton had been grooming his eldest son, Philip, for his work in law and had hoped his bright, young boy would someday be his protégé. Philip Hamilton’s future had been Hamilton’s pride, and having this taken from him was devastating for Alexander Hamilton. Mclane mentions Alexander and Philip Hamilton’s strong bond, stating the two shared “a most affectionate sympathy.”2 Mclane includes a few letters that prove Hamilton’s professional interest in Philip’s studies, but also show the care and endearment that Hamilton truly shares for Philip. Their paternal bond, something Hamilton was not able to share with his real father, would have made it much more difficult for Hamilton to lose his son. Mclane clearly states that Philip’s untimely death mentally destroyed Alexander Hamilton, and he was never truly able to recover from this traumatic event. This lasting impact of trauma was an important marker of Hamilton’s mental health in the last few years of his
The play Hamilton tells of Hamilton’s prolific writing achievements, his written thoughts about the duel with Aaron Burr, and
Shakespeare’s plays are a treasure to literature and humankind in general. Most of his plays are about human interactions. Through his plays, Shakespeare somehow pictures how was life during his time and the gender role in society. There are three pairs that are really interesting examples such as Hero and Claudio, Beatrice and Benedick from “Much Ado About Nothing” and Katherine and Petruchio from The Taming of the Shrew.”
Gender Roles: In some respects, Fitzgerald writes about gender roles in a quite conservative manner. In his novel, men work to earn money for the maintenance of the women. Men are dominant over women, especially in the case of Tom, who asserts his physical strength to subdue them. The only hint of a role reversal is in the pair of Nick and Jordan. Jordan's androgynous name and cool, collected style masculinize her more than any other female character. However, in the end, Nick does exert his dominance over her by ending the relationship. The women in the novel are an interesting group, because they do not divide into the traditional groups of Mary Magdalene and Madonna figures, instead, none of them are pure. Myrtle is the most obviously sensual, but the fact that Jordan and Daisy wear white dresses only highlights their corruption.
In conclusion, through the lens of Gender theory and examination, this play not only portrays women in a degrading manner, but definitely makes the male characters overshadow the female characters. As shown through two female characters whose parts are both subordinate and very compliant. Both women act like they are suppose to and do not even the slightest but challenge the male characters. Both women by the end of the play have completely lost their identities and have conformed to what society made them into, nothing but a puppet controlled by men. Hamlet is a play that has a clear distinction between male and female roles. The male roles are powerful, dominating, and controlling while the female characters are obedient, fractured and frail. "
Gender roles are society’s concept on how men and woman should behave. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hamlet by William Shakespeare, gender roles are evident in how characters act and distinguish each other.
In the play many characters are cross dressing which opens up the question of gender to the audience. Clive’s wife betty is played by a man, the African helper Joshua is played by a white actor, the young son Edward is played by a fully grown female actor while Victoria, a two-year-old child is played by a doll. It is understood that Clive represent the major theme in act one which is oppression. Betty is unable to act the way she wants to because of her feelings of obligation to Clive. Edward tries to supress his homosexuality and femininity
Throughout Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, there is an overlaying presence of the typical roles that men and women were supposed to play. During Elizabethan times there was a major difference between the way men and women were supposed to act. Men typically were supposed to be masculine and powerful, and defend the honor. Women, on the other hand, were supposed to be subservient to their men in their lives and do as ever they wished. In Romeo and Juliet the typical gender roles that men and women were supposed to play had an influence on the fate of their lives.
Earlier this month a Google Document, referred to as the “Scouting Report” was discovered. However, this report has been easily accessible since it was written in 2012. The Harvard men’s soccer team allowed their childish thoughts, dominance, and lack of responsibility to destroy any chance of having a spot in the N.C.A.A. tournament. Rating women on their sexual attractiveness and pairing them with a sex position didn’t seem all that bad. Until now, that is. In order to stop men from viewing women as objects we need to show the, that there are repercussions for their actions.
The Shakespearean classic work Othello enchants the readers mind through the tragic love story of the witty and cunning soldier Othello and the charming and powerful Desdemona. The continuous reinforcement of their tragedy is molded by the gender roles present in the play, particularly those of Bianca, Desdemona, and Emilia. Although the men are important within the outcome of the play, mainly Iago and Othello, the women take a more subtle, yet effective approach in manipulating the work through their personalities. Bianca is a woman of self-esteem and sexual power while Desdemona is the keeper of Othello’s heart and handkerchief, never once denouncing him, even her death. Emilia subtly represents that women are just as powerful, if not more,
Treatment of women has evolved much since Elizabethan England. As a preface to the dissection of The Tempest – in particular, the character of Miranda, Shakespeare’s role for women as a whole must be addressed. According to Carolyn Ruth Swift Lenz’s introduction of Woman’s Part, “patriarchal order takes different forms and is portrayed with varying degrees of emphasis throughout the Shakespearean canon” (5). In the midst of this patriarchy, where do women stand? What social assumptions guided the pen of the great English poet and playwright as he wrote The Tempest? Lenz discusses that “In the comedies women are most often nurturing and powerful; as their values educate the men, mutuality between the sexes may be achieved” (6). However, “in tragedy…their roles are at once more varied, more constricted, and more precarious…they are condemned for acting, accused of being deceitful even when they are not” (6). Why the canyon between the two? How does Shakespeare reconcile women in what The Norton Shakespeare terms a romance play?