Description acceptable. A man whose name means this action asks, “Is there no thunder left” and remarks that “when thunder claps, heaven likes” his actions. A pirate’s son named Hoffman disguises himself as Otho to perform this action in a play by Henry Chettle. In a play subtitled for the “honest man’s” instance of this action, Montferrers unusually counsels Charlemont [emphasize] against it. A character named for this action forces a man to watch as his bastard son Spurio cuckolds him. That character, whose name means this action in Italian, tricks the Duke into kissing Gloriana’s poisoned skull. A play titled for this action was long considered to be by Cyril Tourneur but is now attributed to Thomas Middleton. Seneca’s tragedies inspired this action’s namesake genre of violent English plays. For 10 points, Hamlet spends his play deliberating whether to take what action? ■END■
ANSWER: revenge [or synonyms such as vengeance accept Vindice or The Revenger’s Tragedy; accept vendetta or feud; accept descriptions of killing in response to a crime or wrong; prompt on killing or equivalents by asking “for what purpose?”]
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