Romeo and Juliet

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   brandih

   This question has already been answered at the link below. Also there is a detailed summary for this quote in our free Shakespeare Quotes section.

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   Posted by brandih on Wednesday February 20, 2008 at 12:26 PM
   
   

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   amethystrose Teacher
   High School - 9th Grade

   At this point, Mercutio iis dying after being stabbed by Tybalt (of the Capulet house).  Mercutio blames Romeo (of the Montague house) for interferring in the fight between him and Tybalt.  When Romeo stepped in between the two to try to break up the fight, Tybalt reached his sword under Romeo's arm, fatally stabbing Mercutio. Since both houses played a part in his death, Mercutio curses them with "a plague o' both your houses!"  His words foreshadow the devastation that is to come to both families with the deaths of Tybalt, Juliet, and Romeo.

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   http://www.enotes.com/romeo/mercutio-character-analysis

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   Posted by amethystrose on Wednesday February 20, 2008 at 12:27 PM
   
   

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   witeboicush15 Student
   High School - 10th Grade

   he says it because the two houses have their fued and it causes death and nobody should go through tha and be in that much hate. the fued is really between lord capulet and lord montague, so the kids should not go through what they are through their fathers, he sed it because they hate each other for nothing

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   Posted by witeboicush15 on Tuesday March 4, 2008 at 1:17 PM
   
   

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