That’s when Reynolds extorted me For a sordid fee I paid him quarterly

Escorted me to bed

No one else was in the room where it happened

We Know

Empires fall

I’m so blue

King George

What Comes Next

That Would Be Enough

ELIZA

General

How long have you known?

Sit down, John, you fat mother—[BLEEP]

By counting the number of songs that Angelica appears in and analyzing the lyrics it is to be assumed by the audience that she has feelings that go beyond those of a sister-in-law. Hamiltons’ influence on Angelica is one that shapes the show and Hamiltons’ relationship with his wife. 

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or example, this voyant tool shows on the right side of  the screen the usages of important words between acts 1 and acts 2.

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In addition to this, it is very easy to see that there is a serious link because of the tools given and the repeated name usage of the two characters.

This conclusion can easily be identified through the voyant tool ‘cirrus’, which elicits the two most frequently used words are ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Burr’ (Voyant Tool).

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Without using Voyant to visualize this process, I would never have realized the connections and differences between Act 1 and Act 2 in relation to the characters.

This simple visualization allows me to infer that Thomas Jefferson was basically uninvolved in the first act, while he had a much more prominent role in the second act. The same principle applies when I searched the term “Burr” which was used 162 times in the first act and 182 times in the second act.  Thus, telling me that the character essentially had an equal role in both acts of the play, just slightly more in the second.

For this reflection, my goal is to conduct a differential reading of Hamilton and write about my experience.  To begin the process I will upload Act 1 and Act 2 of Hamilton’s scripts and observe the visualizations that appear on Voyant while also listening to the soundtrack of the play.  I will be concentrating my attention on the words and phrases that I see in Voyant and the words and phrases I hear when listening to the complex range of songs. There are two main questions that I seek to answer within this reflection.  The first, is a certain character or group of characters present in some sections of the play more than others? The second, is there a way to connect those character presentations to words or word clusters that I see as defining their impact on Alexander Hamilton and/or on the play?

In all, the tools available on Voyant have many many ways of telling readers deeper meanings and relationships between characters.  By doing this, we can better understand and interpret the text in ways that give us different perspectives than we would have otherwise gotten.

Then, the microsearch tool could be used to see where and when characters are mentioned to see their relevance throughout parts of the play.

I think that it says a lot about two characters’ relationship

If it happens often, it is likely they have a strong relationship, and depending on some other variables, a positive and mutually respectful relationship. 

If it’s all or mostly all positive things being said, it is logical to assume those characters have a positive and maybe even close or romantic relationship.

I also believe it is also important

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The data collected from both sets of data in Voyant are contributions to the argument that text analysis is a beneficial method to fully understanding the text. In this case, text analysis has presented that the character of Alexander Hamilton was more frequent in act one versus act two. This was because the musical introduction consisted of introducing Hamilton to the audience. On the other hand, Aaron Burr was more frequent in act two versus act one because this segment of the musical contained the climax of the musical, Hamilton and Burr’s duel.

In both sets of data, Hamilton is shown to be more frequent than Burr in both acts.

According to Pennebacker’s statements, I would argue that Alexander Hamilton is a high-status individual. This claim is supported as the pronouns that are associated with Hamilton throughout the musical are the pronouns that are affiliated with high-status individuals (we, you, and I).

For instance, in the first act the most frequent words were Hamilton, Burr, Company, Eliza, and Washington. Whereas in the second act the most frequent words were I’m, know, da, Hamilton, and wait.

Furthermore, the data that was presented by Voyant when the speaker tags were removed were parallel in terms of duration to the speaker tags results.

was comprised of 11,925 while the second act contained 11,488

From paying close attention to these examples, Aaron Burr appears to show status and power over Hamilton in the song “My Shot”.

They share the similarity of being orphans

I included speech tags when I used Voyant Tools and was able to determine the relationships between certain characters and the influence they have on one another. 

At the beginning of the play, during the song “My Shot” Hamilton compares himself and his fellow revolutionaries, Lauren, Lafayette, and Mullington, to their country

In the differential reading of Hamilton, I discovered that there are some characters who appear significantly more than others throughout this play.

I used the word cloud to discover that Hamilton and Burr were two of the top five most used words in the dialogue

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I believe Burr plays a very important role in the play and certainly a very crucial part in Hamilton’s life.

In section 9, you can notice how Burr is saying “good man” repeatedly towards Hamilton.

You can notice that in segment 9 in the second act, in Voyant it shows a spike in the trend graph, showing that Burr has more dialogue in that section which is when he kills Hamilton.

Many characters like Aaron Burr, Jefferson, Madison, Eliza, and Lafayette.

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While they are all strong aspects of the site, the timeline is very text-heavy and can be confusing.

Historians would benefit greatly from the use of TEI. It would allow them to look at older documents in one spreadsheet rather than have to deal with damaging actual documents.

For example, in the song ‘My Shot’ Alexander Hamilton refutes Magnus’ point by saying “I’m just like my country, I’m young scrappy and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot.” He talks about his country, the United States, to overlook where he came from and solidify himself as an American.

Personally, as a kinesthetic learner, I was really compelled to the interactive map.

Text-encoding may help us think differently about Hamilton in this course because we will be able to better understand the roots and historical contexts of some of the lyrics Miranda decides to use in his songs.

I would like to use one of my passes on this quiz.

I am a very big fan of the Whiskey Rebellion Interactive Map.

This is the Hamilton Miranda wanted the world to see, when in reality if we look at facts and history, this is an inaccurate representation of the man and his ideas.

without being bored, like reading a 40 page scholarly article.

This 1980 development

Thus, a diverse cast, rap basis, and specific dialogue was vital for our country’s well-being.

In this embedded visualization from Voyant, it presents a text analysis of both speakers speeches. With that being said, I agree with the authors argument that Obama distance himself from Wright to promote his message.

For example, the word different is one that focuses on variation and inequality between people or groups. 

I felt a strong connection with the interactive map tool

For example, if someone were to use TEI to analyze someone’s autobiography, it could help find realizations about that person that were not even mentioned in their story. 

This was surprising to me when I read it because, obviously Hamilton is an immigrant himself, and the fact that he began to develop such strong nationalist ideals to the point where he essentially discriminated against people not born in the United States is very odd to me. 

I did not like the timeline just because since things overlap I found that harder to follow and I am more likely to miss information that is important.

I think that text encoding will help us think differently about the course because since the musical is so complex there are certain things that as humans we will not be able to pick up on but a computer will and it will bring a new perspective.

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Magness almost alines with burr and his view of Hamilton as an immigrant. Magness points out all of the times that Hamilton is called an immigrant almost to prove to that in the context that it is said it is not endearing.

I thought the map was cool because it showed me the actual locations of where these historic events took place.

I think anyone in the digital humanities that is trying to perform analysis on reading should use TEI. 

but in reality, he may not have been as concerned.

After looking at specific song lyrics, yes we can see some vulgar words but I believe that with this rap style, we can feel the intensity of the situation. In these specific songs, the words used have a stronger meaning, giving the situation more importance.

In Obama’s speech, you are able to see how he mainly talks about what the United States Constitution was made for and how his purpose is to unify the nation even more than what the Constitution did. in Wright’s speech, he focuses more on examples where African Americans have experienced racial abuse, transmitting to the audience what the average African American has had to deal with. Both speeches are incredible works, but attack the audience in different ways.

The most compelling format from the website for me is the “Interaction map,” the reason for this is because it gives a description of specific people in different locations, making it a very interesting way of accessing information, creating it in a sort-of “fun-way” for all the audience.

ext-encoding might help us to think differently about the Hamilton play because we may be able to find specific trends in words that give a double meaning in something we have not caught, or better understand the use of words in different situations.

People who may benefit from this text-encoding are historians.

Hamilton was not an angel that we can say, he had an affair and all, so people like Magness who see all the flaws in someone that is praised, may annoy them that the public is not fully aware of the type of person they are

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Burr barely addresses Hamilton by his name.

he raises his voice higher than his usual tone, specifically at the part when he says “what’s your name man.”

For example, Burr often sings negatively about Hamilton during the play, which indicates he never understood why Hamilton received such praise from other characters. Therefore, Burr used his skepticism to influence Hamilton to answer his questions and defend himself. 

Burr and Hamilton appear near each other 154 times in Act One and 101 times in Act Two.

In Voyant Tools, I uploaded the texts from both Act One and Act Two in one tab, but also made two tabs where I separated the Act One and Act Two texts.  In the combined tab, I used the Collocates Tool to determine if there were any character connections and the number of times their names appeared near one another throughout the play. 

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If another person makes us exuberantly happy, furiously angry, or deeply sad, we often can’t stop thinking about him or her…if the speaker is thinking about a friend, expect high rates of third-person singular pronouns.”

When we separate the text into act 1 and act 2 we can look at the love story aspect of Hamilton. In the first act, Elizabeth/Eliza, Hamilton’s wife is mentioned a total of 18 times and has a relative frequency of around 1,669.

we can see how the plot changes just from looking at character names.

Although, in the second act, he becomes Hamilton’s #1 problem.

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because of their importance and involvement

Many characters are mentioned more often because of their relationship to Hamilton.

This is true in the case of Jefferson, Lafayette, and Hamilton for the fact that the second act is shorter than the first.

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Hamilton is still the most used word but since the second act is shorter it therefore decreases in frequency. Also, the frequency of Burr increase from the first to second act.

Therefore, the characters are basically not mentioned at all in the acts that they are not involved in.

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Having my grandparents be immigrants from Italy has taught me many things.

I have three siblings, twelve first cousins, three aunts, and three uncles.

“What’s your name, man?” 500-word autobiography in the style of your choosing Write in complete sentences and full paragraphs; proofread spelling, grammar, punctuation. Add at least three images (can be photos, graphics, memes …) that you think to present your personality, perspective, or life-experience, Add at least two contextualized links to websites that you check frequently that demonstrate your worldview.

Throughout my life, I believe everything has played a significant role in preparing me for the real world and now this experience in college will make me more of a professional and prepared to go out and work.

I had to drive to different parts of the island searching for places with Wi-Fi in order to study. I even had to study all of my summer of 2018 and I had periods where I would be studying for around 12 to 15 hours a day trying to go ahead in workload or catchup.

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I played High School Tennis, I traveled to the U.S. to play nationals, and I was also part of the National Davis Cup Team.

I would live with a tennis academy and study in The Palmas Academy. During that period, I played Junior Davis Cup for Puerto Rico in the Dominican Republic and El Salvador,

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Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, ASAP Rocky, and Tame Impala

My grandparents on my dad’s side of the family live in New Canaan along with a slew of my aunts, uncles, and cousins.

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Finally, the championship game came and we played just about perfectly. We beat the second best team in the section by almost 30 points.  The feeling of holding the trophy was amazing and one I’ll never forget.

Especially since both teams were good this year.

with relative ease once we started getting used to the team.

Basketball is what I really stuck with in high school since I suffered a serious shoulder injury which prevented me from throwing baseballs as well as I used to.  After this, I really dedicated myself to getting better at basketball. Being on the shorter side, I was always at a disadvantage. This really helped me in the long-run, however. I worked on things that helped me get around the height disadvantage and worked on my speed, quickness, shooting, and ball-handling.  Despite all of this, I always found it difficult to earn playing time on my school teams. I took this as a challenge and an opportunity to keep improving.

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This is one thing I strive to do differently in my life than most.

late, I’ve

I started to enjoy learning about current events which influenced me to start checking the news and learn more about the world (https://www.nytimes.com/).

She often says that one of her biggest accomplishments is the fact that she has taught me how to be a respectful, honest and caring young man.

Eventually, I finally

Throughout my life, I have had several specific experiences where I’ve learned life lessons.

At the beginning, I considered quitting but as time went on, I grew to love the sport.

My family has transformed my identity to become a hardworking and caring individual and I am so thankful of how close and connected we are with each other. 

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helped me through my problems and has provided me with all the opportunities I ever needed to succeed.

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During a snowstorm on the night of December 29th, 2000, I was born as Andrew Thomas Donohue with blue eyes and brown hair. I was born the youngest of three where I was given an older brother and sister and brought to my new home in Roseland, New Jersey.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for some great content.

There were two main reasons on why I decided to spent my next four years at Bucknell. The first being that my high school and Bucknell have so many similarities.

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Soccer

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I really love competition which is why I have been addicted to sports from a young age.

My sophomore year I came in second place in a short video contest which was published in the New York Times.

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I’ve faced adversity in this sport that 99% of athletes have not encountered, and I say this with extreme confidence.

Wrestling is the reason I am here at Bucknell today. Wrestling is about fifty percent of the reason I am the man I am today, that other fifty percent rightfully belongs to my parents.

introduced me to opportunities I always knew I could achieve.

Hopewell New Jersey,

I wouldn’t change the many trials and tribulations that guided me.

It all started April 6, 2001- the day I was brought into the world. First child in a family that would later consist of two brothers and two amazing parents.

As an avid sports lover, I frequently visit the ESPN(https://www.espn.com/) website to read news about my favorite teams and catch up on scores.

Living in my household meant that sports and academics were taken very seriously.  My parents’ expectation was that school comes first, and then sports, and I was expected to dedicate the time on studying to receive high grades. 

he same goes for my relationships with my friends. I have stayed extremely close to my friends with whom I attended first through eighth grade with.

my main characteristics,

I grew up in Westfield, New Jersey, where I lived in the same house for the first fifteen years of my life until we moved to the town over, Mountainside.

attribute them for a majority of my best qualities.

Kelly also had a special role in my life, being my biggest fan.

who was raised by David and Laura, and had a younger sister, Kelly.

And being from Vermont, which I have yet to meet another first-year Vermonter, I am going to need to put myself out there more than I am used to.

My previous moves have been much different because I was the new kid.

Finally, the transition to Bucknell has been an interesting one.

Each culture different from the other.

I have had the great opportunity of being able to travel around the world. I have been to places like Italy, Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Ireland, along with many Caribbean islands.

most lucky

Without Vermont,

The people that I have met have been the most genuine and nicest people I have ever met.

I wasn’t sure I was ready.

It was a complete change for me. New place, new friends, new climate;

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By the time I graduate I hope to have accomplished everything I set my mind to. More importantly, I must ensure that I cannot get too stressed and overwhelmed as the most important thing to achieve in life is happiness.

To be specific, I intend to break into the starting lineup and achieve above a 3.5 GPA.

Over the remaining two years,

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I am currently living the best life.

In sum, this decision was important to me because my outgoing personality was in need of a more diverse social life.

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de-committed from Lafayette College to attend Bucknell

Placing myself in a soccer environment allows me to clear my head and escape the real world.

More importantly, this sport has relieved me from times where I have been struggling academically or socially

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