Question

In this excerpt from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, which line best shows that Mercutio blames his death on the fighting between the Capulets and the Montagues? BENVOLIO: What, art thou hurt? MERCUTIO: Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch; marry, 'tis enough. Where is my page? Go, villain, fetch a surgeon. (Exit Page) ROMEO: Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much. MERCUTIO: No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve: ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o' both your houses! 'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a a cat, to scratch a man to death! A braggart, a rogue a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic! Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm. ROMEO: I thought all for the best. MERCUTIO: Help me into some house, Benvolio, Or I shall faint. A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me: I have it, And soundly too: your houses!

Answer 1

When Mercutio says "A plague o' both your houses! Which both houses are the Capulets and Montagues. It shows that he doesn't car which side is better, he believes both of them are a problem
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Answer 2

Answer:

"A plague o' both your houses! "

Explanation:

In this excerpt from Act III of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, the line that best shows that Mercutio blames his death on the fighting between the Capulets and the Montagues is "A plague o' both your houses! " Mercutio has been stabbed to death by Tybalt. He curses the family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues for his fatal wound, it is this quarrel between the two families that bring death to him.