I would have to say a) the event that sets up the story's main conflict.
"initiate" mean to begin, or start off. The event that sets up the main conflict would most likely be the initiating event.
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Answer: In this excerpt, Hamlet chracterizes his mother as b) fickle.
Explanation: In Shakespeare's <em>Hamlet</em>, Gertrude is Prince Hamlet's mother and the Queen of Denmark. After King Hamlet dies, Gertrude decides to marry his brother, Claudius. Therefore,<u> in this excerpt from the play, Hamlet criticizes his mother for marrying Claudius so hastily after his father's death and he even describes her as a "weak" woman for doing it</u>. Hamlet questions Gertrude's commitment to his father and, in that sense, <u>he characterizes her as fickle, that is to say as a person who changes her feelings too suddenly</u>, which makes her unable to be loyal.
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The repeated words stress the connection between the singer and the listener, put the focus on the main idea of the stanza and make it clear that these are the lyrics for a song.