Satisfied

The song "Satisfied" is about when Hamilton and Angelica met, and the things that happened between that and Eliza and Hamilton’s wedding. It starts out as a toast at the wedding and then the song goes into Angelica and Hamilton meeting, why she introduced him to Eliza, and how much she still likes him. One thing that is interesting about this song is that Angelica mentions in a line that, “He’s after me because I am a Schuyler sister, that elevates his status” in which she is talking about Hamilton. This brings up an interesting question which is; did Hamilton really fall in love with Eliza or did he just want to marry a Schuyler sister? Some evidence would suggest that Alexander Hamilton only married Eliza because he could not marry Angelica and it would guarantee him some money and a higher status. That evidence being that he cheated on Eliza with the first random woman to knock on his door. Hamilton even states in a line from “Say No to This” that he was “Longing for Angelica, missing my wife.” This could suggest that Hamilton wanted Angelica all along, even quite a few years after he married Eliza. Another interesting point brought up in this song is that Hamilton is “never satisfied.” This foreshadows him cheating on Eliza, by bringing up the point that Hamilton himself said that he is never satisfied. I think that Miranda was intentionally trying to give us some information to use later, when Hamilton actually cheats on Eliza.