Question

Which of the following lines from Mercutio foreshadows the deaths of both children of the Capulets and Montagues?

Alas poor Romeo! he is already dead; stabbed with a white wench's black eye; run through the ear with a love-song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy's butt-shaft; and is he a man to encounter Tybalt?

O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone (60) On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep;

Consort! what, dost thou make us minstrels? an thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but discords: here's my fiddlestick; here's that shall make you dance. 'Zounds, consort!

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

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!

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Answer 2

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!

Step-by-step explanation:

These are the lines from Mercutio that foreshadow the deaths of both the Capulets and the Montagues. In these lines, Mercutio laments his death. He tells us that the Montague and the Capulet are to blame, as they are responsible for the animosity between their families. Mercutio then curses them, wishing a plague on both their houses. This suggests that the two houses will suffer.