Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Hamilton, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Collaboration, Disagreement, and Democracy
Stories vs. History
Ambition and Mortality
Immigration and Diversity of Influence
Honor
Summary
Analysis
Lafayette, Laurens, Mulligan, and Hamilton drink together to commemorate their historic moment: “raise a glass to the four of us / tomorrow there’ll be more of us.” Hamilton and his friends are also keenly aware that they are in the middle of history: “and when our children tell our story / they’ll tell the story of tonight.”
Though many of the relationships in the show are political or romantic, here, friendship is linked to the broader project of democracy. In this lyric, “children” can be taken both literally and metaphorically: this friend group is thinking about their legacy even in their drinking songs.
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