This week in English 1302, as a class we listened and analyzed the songs of Hamilton in Act 1. After listening to the songs the next day in class we would discuss, ask questions, and answer questions that our classmates had about Hamilton. Our teacher would also ask the class questions to help the class find deeper meanings of the text. Also, the teacher helped the class find more rhetoric phrases in the play for our rhetoric paper assignment.
The song “My Shot” in the musical Hamilton the song uses foreshadowing when Burr says, “You’re gonna get shot”. The statement shows foreshadowing because later in the play Burr ends up shooting Hamilton. The allusion also appears in the song when Hamilton states, “Don’t be shocked when your history books mention me” the audience has to make the direct connection of how Hamilton ended up being in the history books to understand the statement. The song uses repetition when stating, “I’m not throwing away my shot”. The author uses repetition when using that sentence to express that Hamilton and his friends are not gonna pass up any opportunities.
An example of rhetoric in the song “Right Hand Man” was the repetition of “Thirty-two thousand troops” and “They surround our troops”. The author uses repetition of these phrases to emphasize that there was too many British troops and their troops were outnumbered. Also the song creates an allusion with the phrase, “Knight takes rook” the knight represents the British military. The rook represents Brooklyn and how the British took over. The rook has more value than the knights this shows how the Americans are at a disadvantage.
I noticed rhetoric in my US history class this week when hearing the speech “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. During the speech, I noticed that Martin Luther King Jr used pathos to his audience and listeners. MLK was using an emotional appeal to the people of America that supported segregation to feel pity for supporting such an inhuman and cruel thing.
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