A plague of both your houses

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Which suggests that his words serve as a curse and condemnation it reflects his bitterness and resentment towards the Montagues and Capulets as he views himself as a victim caught in the ancient grudges crossfire.

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This noun plague conveys imagery of disease and despair and suggests that this violence and conflict spreads uncontrollably and can cause mass destruction

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Furthermore this is effective as mercutio’s curse adds to the sense of fatalism permeating the play and suggesting that the feud is predetermined to end in tragedy however Mercutio may be appealing to a higher power to intervene and bring an end to the senseless violence.

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Mercutios is an allegory for humour and wit so his death symbolises the dramatic transition in the play to a tragedy almost representing the death of humour