ambivalent (adjective) Having
mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
beleaguer (verb) Beset with difficulties
carte blanche (noun) Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best
cataclysm (noun) A large-scale and violent event in the natural world
debauch (verb) Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.
eclat (noun) An enthusiastic approval
fastidious (adjective) Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
gambol (verb) Run or jump about playfully
imbue (verb) Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
inchoate (adjective) Just begun and so not fully formed or developed
lampoon (verb) Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule or sarcasm
malleable (adjective) Easily influenced; pliable
nemesis (noun) The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall
opt (verb) Make a choice from a range of possibilities
philistine (noun) A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them
picaresque (adjective) Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the
adventures
of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero
queasy (adjective) Nauseated; feeling sick
refractory (adjective) Stubborn or unmanageable
savoir-faire (noun) The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations
Hamlet is a very ambivalent character to say the least. The cataclysm that beleaguers his life is the sudden death of his father. Hamlet's actions become refractory when told his father's death was merely an accident, in fact he is quite queasy at the idea that his mother is so malleable to believe this terrible event was nothing more than an accident. Hamlet decides to opt out from the celebration arranged for the new king Claudius. Even when he does however, Claudius indirectly lampoons Hamlet with such savoir-faire that the audience is not even given a chance to recognize the insult. Hamlet is finally given an eclat at revenge when the ghost of his father visits him and speaks of his own murder.
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