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

For Plato users, it will be the last lines, MECURTIO: Help me into some house,Benvolio,Or I shall faint. A plague o' both your houses!

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Answer 2

I believe the answer is: "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"

Mercutio said that his death happened because of a 'mouse' and a 'cat'.

I believe, these animals are a metaphor to describe two families that are always in conflict with one another.

Which mean that he is referring to Romeo's and Juliet's families, the Capulets and the Montagues