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In the first act, Peggy appears as the youngest sister of Angelica and Eliza Schuyler. Peggy is less rebellious than her sisters, and she does not appear in Act 2 (in real life, Peggy married young and died soon after). In the second act, the same actor reappears playing a seductive young woman named Maria Reynolds.
Peggy Quotes in Hamilton
The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Peggy or refer to Peggy . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1: The Schuyler Sisters
Quotes
ANGELICA: I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane.
You want a revolution? I wanna revelation
So listen to my declaration:
ELIZA, ANGELICA, PEGGY: “We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal.”
ANGELICA: And when I meet Thomas Jefferson […]
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
WOMEN: Work!
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Peggy Quotes in Hamilton
The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Peggy or refer to Peggy . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1: The Schuyler Sisters
Quotes
ANGELICA: I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane.
You want a revolution? I wanna revelation
So listen to my declaration:
ELIZA, ANGELICA, PEGGY: “We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal.”
ANGELICA: And when I meet Thomas Jefferson […]
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
WOMEN: Work!
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
