Your project here is to write a causal analysis (not casual, which is completely different). Causation, sometimes called cause / effect, is tricky and requires a close reading eye as well as a resistance to a too-simple explanation. Its easy to say that because X happened right after Y, Y must have caused X, but causes are just as likely to be hidden or working in combination with other causes. Your topic is to explore the consequences of writing in the life of Alexander Hamilton, the character in the musical, Hamilton.In his efforts to create a life for himself, how does he use writing and with what consequences? NOT THE HISTORY JUST THE PLAIN MUSICAL Again, youll need to watch the entire show, this time with Hamilton-as-writer as your singular agenda. Catalogue the various times and ways he turns to writing or that his identity as a writer leads him to a significant moment. Dont just look at the love letters to Eliza.
After youve taken these notes, youll begin to move toward a thesis not unlike your character analysis thesis. What do you understand about this character after a careful study of his writing life that a casual observer of Hamilton might not fully appreciate? It will also be useful at this point to return to the 7 kinds of causation. Where is writing a sufficient cause in Alexanders life, and where it is merely a contributing one? To what degree are the effects constructive or destructive? He writes banks into existence but he also goads Aaron Burr into shooting him. Thus its not clear that writing is good for Alexander; it gets him hired by Washington but also held back from military leadership. It wins him Eliza and reveals his affair with Maria Reynolds. Hes portrayed as being obsessive about writing; does that make him an ambitious genius or merely unhealthy?
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