Hamilton
Eliza Hamilton ( formerly Schuyler ) gasp at the very last ofHamilton ’s last song , " Who Lives , Who Dies , Who Tells Your floor " , but what does the moment think of ? While much ofHamilton ’s plot focuses on the contention between its nominal character , Alexander Hamilton ( Lin - Manuel Miranda ) , and his political contender Aaron Burr ( Leslie Odom Jr. ) , it ’s the lead character ’s married woman Eliza who provides the melodious with so much of its emotion and heart , as evidence in powerful musical turn such as " Burn " .
That prove true inHamilton ’s termination , whenafter Alexander ’s destruction at the handwriting of Burr , much of that last birdcall is give over to her . The report provides a shot of her own life following the loss of her husband , such as her work founding an orphans' asylum in New York , and she also sings of being with Alexander again at some pointedness in the future ( with Miranda briefly re - conjoin her on stage ) . At the very end of the song , Eliza dance step forward to be front and shopping centre of the stage herself , lets out a piercing gasp , clutches at her chest , and then the lights go out .
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It ’s not onlyHamilton ’s last second , but one of its most challenging and open to rendering , with two major schools of cerebration . Given that a lot of " Who Lives , Who expire , Who Tells Your Story " finds Eliza singing of being reunite with Alexander , with lines like"Oh , I ca n’t wait to see you again / It ’s only a matter of prison term " , then it ’s very potential that ’s what is befall in this last fit . Eliza ’s gasp and clutching at her pectus would signify not only her death , but her at long last get to see Alexander once more as he greets her in the hereafter . The notion of seeing loved ones again is address in the next-to-last Song dynasty , " The World Was blanket Enough " , where Alexander catches"a glimpse of the other side,“seeing fallen admirer and family fellow member , including his female parent , his boy Philip , John Laurens , and George Washington . Eliza heave , then , would represent her now seeing the other side too .
The other possibility is thatHamiltonis in reality ingest Eliza let on the fourth wall here or else . She looks out at the interview as she gasps , which could point that the cushion she see in this minute is at pick up the gang of people in front of her . Thematically , this fit nicely with the final Sung dynasty , as she fancy all the mass listening to her narration , answering the key question of the concluding song . Alexander ’s write up , and indeed Eliza ’s , will be told by those in front of her . In some version of the product , Eliza has even point at the audience , further suggesting that this is the intend meaning . Given the musical outdoors with the main players put in themselves , as though directly to the audience , then it ’s not much of a stretch to think it would close up with a interchangeable addressing of the bunch .
Of course , part of the beauty of the present moment is in its equivocalness , and how all interpretations are valid and down to the viewer . Phillip Soo , who plays Eliza in the version of Hamilton streaming on Disney+ , has spoken about this herself , saying in an consultation withBroadwayGirlNYC:“People are like , ‘ Is it Eliza live into heaven ? Is she see Alexander ? Is she see to it God ? What is it ? ’ And it ’s kind of all of those things . Sometimes , it ’s literally , I seem out and I see the interview , and that ’s what it is , but I recollect , that musical theme of ‘ transcendence ’ is present in all of that . “Whether this is Eliza breaking the quaternary paries , being reunited with Alexander , both , or something else , there ’s no doubt it makes for a powerful ending toHamilton .
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