Who Lives Who Tells Your Story Analysis

In the final song “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story,” it matters who tells the story because that is the person who controls how one see’s or perceives history. After one dies all that is left is the story that someone tells about them. The story being told about them, could be manipulated and leave either a good or bad reputation. A persons story is told after they die and all that is left are their events and changes they have made. The song ends with the lyrics “Who tells your story?” which makes the listener question the good deeds that are to be done in order to have a great story left after they die. In the Hamilton Musical, Hamilton is the person who dies and Eliza is the one who lives and tells his story. In the end Hamilton’s