When I first saw the gasp I thought it was her taking her last breath, I was later corrected by a friend that it was her seeing the audience hearing Hamilton's story.
I love the way Washington at first steps out so proudly and then when Eliza mentions slavery he seems to be so ashamed of himself and steps back with such respect for her... And the head nods... Goosebumps.
Eliza is one of the best characters written in musicals, and while everyone gives her love i dont think they truly appreciate the character the way she deserves. She was a young woman who fell in love with a man who sought out fame and legacy, was always competing for his attention with her own sister, he had an affair and humiliated her by publishing proof for his own political agenda, then her son dies. Eliza the entire musical was ignored, cheated on, heart broken, but she always rised she always kept trying to make alexander happy, then after the reynolds incident she cut herself off for her, until her. Child dies and the only way to keep them both sane with their kids, she forgives him then when he dies, she tells his story, becomes an activist and holds the first private orphansge in new york city. The sacrifices she made the entire musical, no one sacrificed as much as her she sacrificed wealth to be with alexander she sacrificed her own feelings and allowed Alexander to fight in the war again, and thats just the first 2
My fiancé died 6 months ago. He was like Hamilton. He wrote so much. Like he was running out of time. He was brilliant. I go through his thousands of pages of journals. I tell his story. I can’t wait to see him again ❤
This comment hit me so hard. My best friend since childhood, and I mean BEST friend, died four years. This was his absolute favorite play, he saw it live twice. He could speak read and write fluent Mandarin Chinese and Hebrew. He went to grad school at Forham after NYU for international relations. I wish he had more time. His story was just beginning.
I love how the song includes so many themes from earlier songs such as ‘burn’ for Eliza’s introduction, ‘Satisfied’ for Angelica just after they sing “we tell your story” and singing their names from ‘The Schyler Sisters”. I’m fairly sure they also reference the tune from ‘Helpless’ throughout.
I honestly like to think that the gasp at the end is Eliza passing and seeing the audience. But like, she is seeing the other side while Hamilton leads her to the front of the stage as she takes in everyone who is hearing the story she worked so hard to keep alive. :,(
I think the gasp means: When Hamilton dies he turns into Lin and shows Eliza that we told her story and everybody else’s. And she’s happy that they told their story. (And she breaks the fourth wall)
@@SnoozingggNot necessarily, it’s never been confirmed on what it actually means, it’s left up to the viewers interpretation! There’s no wrong or right answer
@@jillianhairston8595 Lin manual Miranda made a whole video about some of the hidden messages in Hamilton. Including that the gasp was supposed to symbolize her passing and being reunited with Hamilton 😀
I think the moment when Lin-Manuel took Eliza's hand at 3:20 , he did it as Lin-Manuel himself and not as Hamilton. Lin then brought Eliza back to the front of the stage to show her the audience who knew more about Hamilton. At this point, Lin is proud to show Eliza the impact of this play, and that he is able to continue the legacy. Lin told their story. :)
I think when Alexander took Eliza in front it's not his character (Alexander), it's the actual Lin showing Eliza what he'd done and showed Eliza that her and Alexander's story are told.
Her tearful gasps at the end made me cry everytime. This means that she was breaking the 4th wall meaning that her husband’s story had been told. That man is not Alexander. It’s Lin himself showing Eliza that everyone read Hamilton’s story. I also hope for a film adaptation soon. I wish it was 3hrs long if they want to, and maybe give it a R-rating this time, and distributed by Warner Bros Pictures. I also wish all of the songs were included
I can imagine Hamilton watching over Eliza going “Eliza, you did it, Eliza you told my story you told Philip’s story. You told there story’s, it’s you Eliza, I love you❤”
The final gasp. Maybe im wrong, but since Lin Manuel is a musical nerd, I risk to believe that the final gasp is a little tribute to the final blow of Johnny in Company.
If we really think sbout it, with alexzander cheating on her, loosing her son and all, she didnt have to tell this story of him. She didnt have to tell us anything at all but she chose to
I’m fucking gone I’m in Australia I’m cuddling an Alexander Hamilton teddy bear I made while clutching the Australian 10 dollar bill cause which has a random cow boy chick thing on bitch why! Also write a musical about math
