![]() ![]() If you walk at night, you’ve probably seen a harvest moon - it is the best looking moon ever. The air gets so cool, the wind is crisp all making long walks bearable. The author biography represents the author at the time in which they were in BBYO.Photo by Riley McCullough on Unsplash 4. Heather Kletzky is a BBG from Rocky Mountain Region and loves to travel!Īll views expressed on content written for The Shofar represent the opinions and thoughts of the individual authors. Alexander Hamilton knew the fragility of the comma and was able to suddenly change a common greeting to a declaration of love. ![]() It is like a piece of glass you put it in the wrong place and it can fracture a whole sentence. In the English Language, the comma is the most powerful and malleable part of our dialect. For example, Hebrew has a word for specification that we do not have in English, but acts like a comma. Specification is a bizarre and ever-changing factor in every written and spoken language to date. Just think about it with one single comma, Hamilton manipulated a greeting into an illicit proclamation of love. Obviously, this brings up some complications as Hamilton is not married to Angelica Church, but rather her sister. So, when Hamilton writes “My Dearest, Angelica,” he is not creating an address to his sister-in-law, but rather is singling her out as the woman he loves most in his life. Whatever you hold dearest to yourself must be specified as being the being that you adore most in your life. ![]() For example, a formal way of saying “this is my favorite cat, Larry,” would be, “this is my dearest cat, Larry.” Complicated, I know. However, in the use of not addressing a letter, the rule of specification applies. Knowing this, why does he place a comma in the middle of “My Dearest, Angelica?”Īlthough My Dearest is a rare form of addressing a letter in today's day and age, in the 1700s it was proper. Hamilton knew every single law obliged to the comma. The Founding Father could string words together so perfectly that the final punctuation of a sentence fit in like the last piece of a puzzle. Alexander Hamilton was no less of a grammatical genius. However, this rule of specification does not apply when using an address of “Dear.” In the proper address of a letter, the comma falls after the name, not before. “My name is Heather”), a comma is required. Smith.” If you are introducing a friend, it is written as, “This is my friend, Alyssa.” Unless you are speaking in the first person about yourself (i.e. When greeting a teacher, it would be written as, “Hello, Mr. In the English Language, when speaking directly to someone you must specify them. The verse within the song of a letter written to Angelica has raised many questions: “My Dearest, Angelica.” While it seems simple, what is the implication of the comma in between ‘dearest,’ and ‘Angelica?’ The song highlights Hamilton’s torn love between Eliza Hamilton and Angelica Church, two of the famous Schuyler sisters, one of which Hamilton was married to. A specific song to note in this display is the third track of the second act, Take a Break. Every word sung proudly displays Miranda’s poetic ingenuity. The story highlights moments of an original American success story, the complicated love life of Hamilton, his political and platonic relations with his co-founders, and ultimately his idiotic and untimely death. The musical about American Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton, was written and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Any person who has ever listened to/seen Hamilton can vouch that it is in many ways a lyrical and poetic masterpiece. ![]()
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