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Words and Definitions:

1. abeyance: (noun) temporary inactivity, cessation 
2. ambivalent: (adjective) having ”mixed feelings about someone or something; beingunable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action
3. beleaguer: (verb) to surround with military forces
4. carte blanche: (noun) unconditional authority; full discretionary power
5. cataclysm: (noun) any violent upheaval
6. debauch: (verb) to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce
7. eclat: (noun) brilliance of success, reputation, etc.
8. fastidious: (adjective) excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
9. gambol: (verb) to skip about, as in dancing or playing
10. imbue: (verb) to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings
11. inchoate: (adjective) not yet completed or fully developed
12. lampoon: (noun) a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc
13. malleable: (adjective) capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers
14. nemesis: (noun) something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc
15. opt: (verb) to make a choice; choose 
16. philistine: (noun)  a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement
17. picaresque: (adjective) of, pertaining to, or resembling rogues
18. queasy: (adjective) tending to cause nausea; nauseating
19. refractory: (adjective) hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient
20. savoir-faire: (noun) knowledge of just what to do in any situation

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     I found that Hamlet's attitude changes and efforts seem to be in a determined manner, but are completely out of anger. Hamlet's abeyance earlier in the story is no longer apparent for now he wants his revenge. Hamlet is mainly upset that Claudius is taking the throne of his father and is being a lampoon, insulting Hamlet's family. Hamlet is really not ambivalent on the inside, but shows his family his sadness and rage so that they can see him as picaresque as possible, throwing aside their thoughts of Hamlets revenge against his nemesis. Hamlet's plan, instead of a cataclysm for the king, but to stop his carte blanche, by using his eclat, Hamlet will decide, with his thought being completely under control will make a play with and imbue the death of King Hamlet within it. Hamlet's skill to opt is not that of a mad man, but that of one who is determined by anger and grief.