Hamilton
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Act 1: Alexander Hamilton Act 1: Aaron Burr, Sir Act 1: My Shot Act 1: The Story of Tonight Act 1: The Schuyler Sisters Act 1: Farmer Refuted Act 1: You’ll Be Back Act 1: Right Hand Man Act 1: A Winter’s Ball Act 1: Helpless Act 1: Satisfied Act 1: The Story of Tonight (Reprise) Act 1: Wait for It Act 1: Stay Alive Act 1: Ten Duel Commandments Act 1: Meet Me Inside Act 1: That Would Be Enough Act 1: Guns and Ships Act 1: History Has Its Eyes On You Act 1: Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) Act 1: What Comes Next Act 1: Dear Theodosia Act 1: Tomorrow There’ll Be More of Us Act 1: Non-Stop Act 2: What’d I Miss Act 2: Cabinet Battle #1 Act 2: Take a Break Act 2: Say No to This Act 2: The Room Where it Happens Act 2: Schuyler Defeated Act 2: Cabinet Battle #2 Act 2: Washington On Your Side Act 2: One Last Time Act 2: I Know Him Act 2: The Adams Administration Act 2: We Know Act 2: Hurricane Act 2: The Reynolds Pamphlet Act 2: Burn Act 2: Blow Us All Away Act 2: Stay Alive (Reprise) Act 2: It’s Quiet Uptown Act 2: Election of 1800 Act 2: Your Obedient Servant Act 2: Best of Wives and Best of Women Act 2: The World Was Wide Enough Act 2: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Themes
All Themes Collaboration, Disagreement, and Democracy Stories vs. History Ambition and Mortality Immigration and Diversity of Influence Honor
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All Characters Alexander Hamilton Aaron Burr Eliza Angelica George Washington Laurens Philip Lafayette Jefferson Mulligan Madison King George Peggy Maria Reynolds Charles Lee Samuel Seabury
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Hamilton

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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Angelica Character Analysis

Angelica, the eldest and “wittiest” daughter of wealthy New Yorker Philip Schuyler, is considered by the creators of Hamilton to be the “smartest” character in the musical. Though her father tries to separate her from the political hubbub of the day, Angelica knows that “history is happening in Manhattan”—and she is desperate to be a part of it (“The Schuyler Sisters”). Angelica quickly falls in love with Hamilton, but she selflessly does not pursue him, instead setting him up with her sister Eliza (“Satisfied”); her rapid-fire singing in that piece reflects her incredibly quick thinking as a character. After Hamilton and Eliza get married, Angelica becomes a confidante for them both. Her brilliance and ambition are best captured in the letters she exchanges with Hamilton, where she presses him to adopt certain political positions and flirts with him via debates over comma placement. When Hamilton cheats on Eliza, publicly humiliating her and ruining his own reputation, Angelica stands by her sister: “I love my sister more than anything in this life / I will choose her happiness over mine, every time” (“The Reynolds Pamphlet”). By the end of the musical, Angelica’s loyalty to Eliza makes her a narrator of sorts, helping her sister cope first with betrayal and then grief over her murdered son.

Angelica Quotes in Hamilton

The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Angelica or refer to Angelica. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Collaboration, Disagreement, and Democracy Theme Icon
).
Act 1: The Schuyler Sisters Quotes

ANGELICA: I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane.
You want a revolution? I wanna revelation
So listen to my declaration:

ELIZA, ANGELICA, PEGGY: “We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal.”

ANGELICA: And when I meet Thomas Jefferson […]
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!

WOMEN: Work!

Related Characters: Eliza (speaker), Angelica (speaker), Peggy (speaker), Jefferson
Page Number: 44
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Act 1: Satisfied Quotes

ANGELICA: To the groom!
To the bride!
From your sister.
Who is always by your side.
To your union.
And the hope you provide.
May you always
Be satisfied.
And I know
She’ll be happy as his bride.
And I know
He will never be satisfied.
I will never be satisfied.

Related Characters: Angelica (speaker), Alexander Hamilton, Eliza
Page Number: 85
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Act 2: It’s Quiet Uptown Quotes

ANGELICA: They are standing in the garden,
Alexander by Eliza’s side.
She takes his hand […]

ELIZA: It’s quiet uptown.

Hamilton shatters.

COMPANY: Forgiveness. Can you imagine?
Forgiveness. Can you imagine?
If you see him in the streets, walking by her side, talking by her side, have pity.
They are going through the unimaginable.

Related Characters: Eliza (speaker), Angelica (speaker), Alexander Hamilton
Page Number: 254
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Angelica Quotes in Hamilton

The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Angelica or refer to Angelica. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Collaboration, Disagreement, and Democracy Theme Icon
).
Act 1: The Schuyler Sisters Quotes

ANGELICA: I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane.
You want a revolution? I wanna revelation
So listen to my declaration:

ELIZA, ANGELICA, PEGGY: “We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal.”

ANGELICA: And when I meet Thomas Jefferson […]
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!

WOMEN: Work!

Related Characters: Eliza (speaker), Angelica (speaker), Peggy (speaker), Jefferson
Page Number: 44
Explanation and Analysis:
Act 1: Satisfied Quotes

ANGELICA: To the groom!
To the bride!
From your sister.
Who is always by your side.
To your union.
And the hope you provide.
May you always
Be satisfied.
And I know
She’ll be happy as his bride.
And I know
He will never be satisfied.
I will never be satisfied.

Related Characters: Angelica (speaker), Alexander Hamilton, Eliza
Page Number: 85
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Act 2: It’s Quiet Uptown Quotes

ANGELICA: They are standing in the garden,
Alexander by Eliza’s side.
She takes his hand […]

ELIZA: It’s quiet uptown.

Hamilton shatters.

COMPANY: Forgiveness. Can you imagine?
Forgiveness. Can you imagine?
If you see him in the streets, walking by her side, talking by her side, have pity.
They are going through the unimaginable.

Related Characters: Eliza (speaker), Angelica (speaker), Alexander Hamilton
Page Number: 254
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