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What does it mean when Mercutio says a plague on both your houses?
“A Plague on both your houses” is an idiom meaning “I’m not going to take sides: you’re both at fault and I will have nothing to do with it.” It comes from Romeo and Juliet, and is the last words – a curse – of a character who is dying as a result of the feud between the two families.
WHO says in Romeo and Juliet A plague o both your houses?
Mercutio
Mercutio. Help me into some house, Benvolio, Or I shall faint. A plague o’ both your houses!
How does Mercutio’s repetition of a plague a both your houses develop a central idea?
How does Mercutio’s repetition of “[a] plague a’ both your houses” develop a central idea? By repeating “[a] plague a’ both your houses” (lines 101 and 108), Mercutio blames the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues for his death.
What was Mercutio’s last words?
Mercutio dies, cursing both the Montagues and the Capulets: “A plague o’ both your houses” (3.1.
When Mercutio says a curse o both your houses he is really voicing one of the central themes of the play Why is it ironic that he says this?
When Mercutio says “a curse o’ both your houses,” he is really voicing one of the central themes of the play. Why is it ironic that he says this? He is neither a Montague nor Capulet but he gets drawn in and dies first.
Why does Shakespeare most likely have Mercutio repeat the following line A plague o both your houses in Act 3 Scene 1?
Mercutio keeps repeating “A plague o’ both your houses” because if romeo would have fought he wouldn’t be dying.
When did Mercutio say a plague on both your houses?
Act III, Scene 1
This expression comes from Act III, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1592). It is spoken by Mercutio who, despite being Romeo’s best friend, has avoided taking a side in the ancient feud between the two families, and has remained good-natured and optimistic.
How many times does Mercutio say a plague on both your houses?
“A plague o’ both your houses”: Mercutio, Camus and the coronavirus crisis of faith. The curse uttered three times in Act III.
What are Mercutio’s last words?
What is the meaning of a plague on both your houses?
“A Plague on both your houses” is an idiom meaning “I’m not going to take sides: you’re both at fault and I will have nothing to do with it.” It comes from Romeo and Juliet, and is the last words – a curse – of a character who is dying as a result of the feud between the two families.
What does Shakespeare say about the Capulets and the Montagues?
The English playwright William Shakespeare wrote this in the year 1592. One of the characters curses the two main families in the play: the Capulets and the Montagues. These two families feuded for many years, and this fight caused many problems. I am hurt. A plague o’ both your houses! I am sped. Is he gone, and hath nothing?
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What two families do the Capulets and Montagues curse?
One of the characters curses the two main families in the play: the Capulets and the Montagues. These two families feuded for many years, and this fight caused many problems. I am hurt.