Just by this line, itвЂ™s clear that this version of Eliza is angrier than the version of Eliza in вЂњBurnвЂќ, where she is heartbroken and uses that pain to destroy HamiltonвЂ™s legacy of writing. Instead of removing herself from his narrative, she forces him out of hers. The song begins with same lyrics and melody as вЂњBurnвЂќ before transitioning to an aggressive tone once Eliza commands Hamilton not to вЂњtake a step in directionвЂќ. вЂњFirst BurnвЂќ is a song told from the point of view of Eliza Schuyler, Alexander HamiltonвЂ™s wife, as a reaction to the recount of his affair in the Reynolds Pamphlet, in lieu of вЂњBurnвЂќ from the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hamilton. Another purpose of these adaptations is to offer a new perspective on a character and illustrate how replacing one song in the musical could have changed a characterвЂ™s role in the story, as seen in вЂњFirst BurnвЂќ. One of the biggest effects of these remixes is to make the messages of the songs more relatable and to generalize them to contexts outside of the musical. Since its release in 2015, Hamilton has had many remixes and adaptations, especially through the Hamilton Mixtape and Hamildrops which present another side of the characters and transform iconic lines from the musical into their own songs.

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