History is ever changing and multi-sided because over the years, people's opinions and perspectives on certain traditions and actions change, new ways of life and items that existed in those times are still being discovered and different interpretations of the same event can influence others' opinions on history.
Over the years, people's opinions and perspectives on certain traditions and actions change. For example, in the early 19th century, dueling with guns was socially acceptable and widely practiced, but now, in the 21st century, dueling with guns is no longer a socially acceptable practice. Over the years, people have contemplated the reasons that Hamilton and Burr could've had the duel. One common theory is that the duel was fixed. Tragedies that happen long, long ago, such as Hamilton's (a national hero) death, don't seem as devastating as the tragedies that happen everyday in our world, as we are so distant from the past.
New ways of life and items that existed in those times are still being discovered. Quite often, during and after wars many artifacts are lost in the confusion. During the time of the duel between Hamilton and Burr, America was a new nation, and was …show more content…
In Gore Vidal's 1973 novel, Burr, the focus is on the aftermath of the duel, depicting Aaron Burr recalling the events leading up to the infamous battle. In Broadway's musical Hamilton, Burr is portrayed by an African American actor, which distracts from the fact that Aaron Burr was an old, white slave-owner and focuses in on his life outside of slave-owning. If a certain source focuses in on all the negative actions of a certain person, it becomes difficult to understand that the certain person could do anything helpful to society. For example, on Aaron Burr's page on the website 'Biography', the main points of his life include how he killed Hamilton and how he was put on trial for treason to
Over the years, people's opinions and perspectives on certain traditions and actions change. For example, in the early 19th century, dueling with guns was socially acceptable and widely practiced, but now, in the 21st century, dueling with guns is no longer a socially acceptable practice. Over the years, people have contemplated the reasons that Hamilton and Burr could've had the duel. One common theory is that the duel was fixed. Tragedies that happen long, long ago, such as Hamilton's (a national hero) death, don't seem as devastating as the tragedies that happen everyday in our world, as we are so distant from the past.
New ways of life and items that existed in those times are still being discovered. Quite often, during and after wars many artifacts are lost in the confusion. During the time of the duel between Hamilton and Burr, America was a new nation, and was …show more content…
In Gore Vidal's 1973 novel, Burr, the focus is on the aftermath of the duel, depicting Aaron Burr recalling the events leading up to the infamous battle. In Broadway's musical Hamilton, Burr is portrayed by an African American actor, which distracts from the fact that Aaron Burr was an old, white slave-owner and focuses in on his life outside of slave-owning. If a certain source focuses in on all the negative actions of a certain person, it becomes difficult to understand that the certain person could do anything helpful to society. For example, on Aaron Burr's page on the website 'Biography', the main points of his life include how he killed Hamilton and how he was put on trial for treason to