Monday, April 26, 2010
Mercutio's Proclamation Revisited
In Act III.i.113-115, Mercutio proclaims that, "... A plague o' both your houses!/ They have made worms' meat of me. I have it,/ And soundly too. Your houses!" What is he suggesting? Is it more than a dying observation? Is this a commentary regarding fate? How does it relate to the rest of Act III? What is your understanding of the lines and its recitation in Act III?
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I think that it is a dying observation and that he is suggesting that both houses should be plagued. Each character in stories usually gets heroic speech right as he is about to die and this was Mercutio's. I think that this statement is relating to fate maybe saying that because he was killed the houses will be plagued and Romeo and Juliet will not have a happy ending.
I think he is talking about how now the houses, Capulet and Montague, will fight more now that he is dying. It brings on a stronger feeling of hate between the two families. He is also trying to tell his friends he is dying and they think he is joking and kidding around.
Mercutio is suggesting that even though he is dead, misfortune will come upon their houses. It is regarding fate in because it really does happen later. This relates to the rest of Act Three because after his death everything starts going down hill for Romeo and Juliet.
Mercutio is implying that since he died someone from both of the families must die as well as seen in the quote. In relation to the rest of act three, his death determined Romeo fate of being banished and unable to know of the plan which ended in his untimely death.
I think that he is saying that they need to kind of stay away from each other and that they kind of infected eachother. i don't think that they are really sick and it is a metaphor, i am not sure what it means. This is what i think it means but i dont understand it.
In this seem when Merciutio is dieing, I think he is talking about the Capulets and the Montagues. He is also sick of the fighting and was having to pay with his life. He curses both of the houses, and how that with him dead it will try bring both of the families together. This is not something that is noticed right away but is brought back later in the play
I think that what Mercutio said is a dying observation because they why he died he had blood loss which would have affected his brain functioning correctly. Regarding fate I believe that in some way it is commentary because Mercutio always teased anybody he could. So for him to die after teasing so many people then "cursing" Romeo and Tybalt it is commentary. I think that this relates to the rest of the act by all the problems going on in Act iii.
i think that Mercutio was cursing the famlies, he was saying how he is done for and i think that this is not a commentary regarding fate i think he is just mad he is dying so he curses them. this relates to the rest of act 3 becuase after mercutio dies alot of bad stuff keeps happening
I think that Mercutio is telling them that the hate will never end and people will keep dying on both sides because Mercutio was smarter than he normally acted he just didn't want to show it. This sets up the banishment Romeo gets from getting angry and getting revenge. He wasn't thinking and if he was I'm pretty sure he would think of Juliet and not kill someone to get himself in trouble.
Mercutio's speech is definitely more than a dying observation. I think he finally understood that Romeo was in love with one of the Capulets as he was dying because Romeo kept acting like Tybalt was now family. I think Mercutio knows that there is no possible way for the situation between the Capulets and the Montagues to mitigate without loss from both sides. I think his speech is a warning, and also a curse towards Romeo. Mercutio had thought he was helping Romeo out by fighting off Tybalt. But, as he is dying, Mercutio realizes his struggle had the opposite affect towards Romeo. His speech and death somewhat foreshadow what happens later in the play with Romeo and Juliet.
I think that Mercrutio is stating that if both houses weren't in a fued, he wouldn't have died. He is placing a curse to maybe stop the fighting. In the rest of Act III, Romeo is banned and Juliet is forced to marry who she doesn't love. I believe this fate is a result of Mercrutio's plaguing of the houses.
I think that this was just a dying observation rather then regarding fate. I think that he was bing somewhat humerias because thats just who Mercutio is. He thinks that there should be a plague on both houses because the feud between them is what got him hurt and caused him to eventually die.
I think that Murcutio was cursing the families. I think that he was foreshadowing what will later happen in the play. He says that he curses both familes and that can also mean that something bad will happen in the near future. I think this relates to fate because it is sorta what is most likely to happen. Relationships that don't have a strong base don't last. It is just the way it works. There is nothing anyone can do about this.
Even though Mercutio is dead he says that one other person should die as well from their side of the family. He says that because of his death and someone else's from the other side of the family that Romeo and Juliet will not have a good ending for their relationship.
hes basically saying there little feud got him killed, and then he curses both houses which was kinda foreshadowing
Romeo and Juliet's deaths.
I do not think that this is fate at all. Mercutio is upset with both the Montagues and the Capulets so he curses both of their houses by saying "...A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me. I have it, And soundly too. Your houses!" This relates to the rest of Act 111 because no one is really getting along besides Friar Lawrence, Romeo, and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are both very upset because of Romeos banishment but that doesn't mean that they will lose their love for each other. :)
I think Mercutio is stating there is a plague on both houses, the Capulets and Montagues. I think he realized it more then because he was dying and it was the other houses fault.
Mercutio is saying that the houses are cursed! Mercutio, as he was dieing, realized how rediculous all the fighting was and that there just needed to be peace. Mercutio came to an empiphany and I think if he were to live he would try to make peace with the Capulets. This is fate because soon, they will be friends.
In this quote, Mercutio is suggesting that both families will be fighting more now that he is dying. He was telling his people that two families will be cursed because he is dying. I don't think that this is fate in regards to fate. My understanding in Act III is that both Mercutio and Tybalt fight which then results in death.
I think that this quote suggests that because i was killed under your arm and you did not protect me that i will curse you. I think that fate played its part because if he had not died then romeo would not have had the urge to kill Tybalt. This relates to the rest of Act III because once they are dead then every one wants him dead and Juliet is still in love with him
Mercutio is kind of giving away that Romeo is married to Juliet. That they get along so why can't everyone else. But at the same time Mercutio doesn't know that Romeo and Juliet are married. Or thats what I think at least.
As Mercutio is dying he says these words, I believe they are a sign of dying observation. Though I don't see how fate comes along in this quote. It is almost as if Mercutio thought that he was bringing Romeo and Juliet together and now that he is dying they will be broken apart.
I think that what Mercutio said was that he thought both houses were basically cursed. Everyone who became involved with what was going on between the feud ended up dying but the people who started it in the first place. Its like a plague because it takes out everyone. I think that this was a dying observation because he was realizing that the feud never seemed to end no matter how many people would die. I think he was predicting that now the houses were cursed so the readers shouldnt expect a happy ending at the end of the story
Mercutio was not only insulting them, but he's also foreshadowing what will happen. Romeo is banished, and Juliet it going to be disowned if she doesn't marry Paris. Both of their houses, even though Juliet wasn't there, but Tybalt was and they're cousins, now have bad luck and are cursed, you could say. Mercutio is th eone who set the stage for Romeo and Juliet's death at the end of the story.
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