I bought an unction of a mountebank, So mortal that, but dip a knife in it, Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare, Collected from all simples that have virtue Under the moon, can save the thing from death That is but scratch'd withal: I'll touch my point With this contagion, that, if I gall him slightly, It may be death."" -- (IV.vii.140-148) It is through this use of deceptive and murderous means that Laertes' quest for vengeance is cast into disrepute. ...

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