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*** Burr's horrified "WAIT!" when he sees, after he shot to kill, that Hamilton aimed his pistol at the sky. The only way Burr could justify this for himself is by seeing the situation as kill-or-be-killed, but Hamilton's refusal to fire on him rips that justification away.
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** All this subject matter being [[LyricalDissonance upbeat and cheery Beatles-esque music]] actually makes the song scarier because it shows just how deranged George is if he sees the war as fun.
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** It becomes clearer throughout the first half of the song how much of an underdog the forces for independence were. Washington's forces keep retreating until eventually they outright have to abandon Manhattan.
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* The implications of "You'll Be Back." King George III sees the colonies as an increasingly distant and ungrateful lover, and is willing to go to war and "send a fully-armed batallion" to get them to love him again. Also, this line:

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* The implications of "You'll Be Back." King George III sees the colonies as an increasingly distant and ungrateful lover, and is willing to go to war and "send a fully-armed batallion" battalion" to get them to love him again. Also, this line:



* The beginning of "Your Obedient Servant", which has Burr extremely angry at Hamilton for endorsing Jefferson over him. The line "YOU'VE KEPT ME FROM [[ArcWords THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS...]] [[ImpliedDeathThreat for the last time]]" is rather chilling.

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* The beginning of "Your Obedient Servant", which has Burr extremely angry at Hamilton for endorsing Jefferson over him. The line "YOU'VE KEPT ME FROM [[ArcWords THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS...]] [[ImpliedDeathThreat for the last time]]" time...]]" is rather chilling.
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** Not helping things is the implication that Maria [[HoneyTrap was being forced by her abusive husband into seducing Hamilton so that he could extort money out of the poor schmuck.]] Even worse is that if this was the case she wouldn't have been in a position to say no to James' plan[[note]Considering she went on to divorce him, her claims he beats her are almost certainly true[[/note]], not to mention ''she's'' the one who ultimately gets the brunt of the blame and most damage to her reputation.

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** Not helping things is the implication that Maria [[HoneyTrap was being forced by her abusive husband into seducing Hamilton so that he could extort money out of the poor schmuck.]] Even worse is that if this was the case she wouldn't have been in a position to say no to James' plan[[note]Considering plan[[note]]Considering she went on to divorce him, her claims he beats her are almost certainly true[[/note]], not to mention ''she's'' the one who ultimately gets the brunt of the blame and most damage to her reputation.
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** Not helping things is the implication that Maria [[HoneyTrap was being forced by her abusive husband into seducing Hamilton so that he could extort money out of the poor schmuck.]] Even worse is that if this was the case she wouldn't have been in a position to say no to James' plan, not to mention ''she's'' the one who ultimately gets the brunt of the blame and most damage to her reputation.

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** Not helping things is the implication that Maria [[HoneyTrap was being forced by her abusive husband into seducing Hamilton so that he could extort money out of the poor schmuck.]] Even worse is that if this was the case she wouldn't have been in a position to say no to James' plan, plan[[note]Considering she went on to divorce him, her claims he beats her are almost certainly true[[/note]], not to mention ''she's'' the one who ultimately gets the brunt of the blame and most damage to her reputation.
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** Not helping things is the implication that Maria [[HoneyTrap was being forced by her abusive husband into seducing Hamilton so that he could extort money out of the poor schmuck.]] Even worse is that if this was the case she wouldn't have been in a position to say no to James' plan, not to mention ''she's'' the one who ultimately gets the brunt of the blame and most damage to her reputation.
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''Hamilton'' certainly captures the awesomeness of America's history, but everyone knows that our history also has [[AdultFear its]] [[DomesticAbuse fair share]] [[ParanoiaFuel of horrors...]]

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''Hamilton'' certainly captures the awesomeness of America's history, but everyone knows that our history also has [[AdultFear its]] its [[DomesticAbuse fair share]] [[ParanoiaFuel of horrors...]]



* The part in "Alexander Hamilton" where he moves in with his cousin, who [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]]. [[AdultFear Just imagine Hamilton going through that]] ''[[AdultFear right after his mother's death]]''. Not only was Hamilton ''twelve'' at the time, he was just as sick at the same time his mother was. Small wonder he refers to the incident wryly remarking he couldn't even seem to accomplish the simple act of ''dying''.

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* The part in "Alexander Hamilton" where he moves in with his cousin, who [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]]. [[AdultFear Just imagine Hamilton going through that]] ''[[AdultFear right that ''right after his mother's death]]''.death''. Not only was Hamilton ''twelve'' at the time, he was just as sick at the same time his mother was. Small wonder he refers to the incident wryly remarking he couldn't even seem to accomplish the simple act of ''dying''.



** A '''lot''' of "The World Is Wide Enough," really; From Burr's rising panic as he realizes just how terrifyingly small his chances of surviving the duel with Hamilton are (Hamilton is a capable marksman, Burr is a ''terrible'' shot by both his own admission and his fellow soldiers', and to top it all off, ''Hamilton is wearing his glasses for good measure'') to his final thoughts before the duel begins: "[[AdultFear This man will]] '''[[AdultFear not]]''' ''[[AdultFear make an orphan of my daughter!]]''" Just the way his voice ''breaks'' as he says those words...

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** A '''lot''' of "The World Is Wide Enough," really; From Burr's rising panic as he realizes just how terrifyingly small his chances of surviving the duel with Hamilton are (Hamilton is a capable marksman, Burr is a ''terrible'' shot by both his own admission and his fellow soldiers', and to top it all off, ''Hamilton is wearing his glasses for good measure'') to his final thoughts before the duel begins: "[[AdultFear This "This man will]] '''[[AdultFear not]]''' ''[[AdultFear make will '''not''' ''make an orphan of my daughter!]]''" daughter!''" Just the way his voice ''breaks'' as he says those words...
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* To a lesser extent, "Cabinet Battle #3," a demo of a CutSong on the Mixtape. The distorted voices (necessary to tell who's speaking, since Miranda is playing ''all'' the characters in this version), very simple background music, and the constant bell and clocks ticking in the background make it quite unnerving to listen to. Made worse by how utterly resigned and hopeless everyone sounds, Washington in particular.

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* To a lesser extent, "Cabinet Battle #3," a demo of a CutSong on the Mixtape. The distorted voices (necessary to tell who's speaking, since Miranda is playing ''all'' the characters in this version), very simple background music, BackgroundMusic, and the constant bell and clocks ticking in the background make it quite unnerving to listen to. Made worse by how utterly resigned and hopeless everyone sounds, Washington in particular.
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--> ''[[DarkReprise "There's nothing like summer in the city...]]''
--> ''Someone under stress meets someone lookin' pretty...''
--> ''[[FromBadToWorse There's trouble in the air, you can smell it..."]]''
--> -'''Aaron Burr''', "Say No To This"

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--> -> ''[[DarkReprise "There's nothing like summer in the city...]]''
--> -> ''Someone under stress meets someone lookin' pretty...''
--> -> ''[[FromBadToWorse There's trouble in the air, you can smell it..."]]''
--> -'''Aaron -- '''Aaron Burr''', "Say No To This"
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* The implications of "You'll Be Back." King George III sees the colonies as an increasingly distant and loveless lover, and is willing to go to war and "send a fully-armed batallion" to get them to love him again. Also, this line:

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* The implications of "You'll Be Back." King George III sees the colonies as an increasingly distant and loveless ungrateful lover, and is willing to go to war and "send a fully-armed batallion" to get them to love him again. Also, this line:

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