In Romeo and Juliet, what is Mercutio's last line before he dies?

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kin. He is friends withand spends most of his time with the Montagues, but he is also invited to
Capulet's ball.

In act 3, scene 1,warns that in the heat there is "mad
blood stirring." When the Capulets arrive, Mercutio says "I care not." He is
unbothered byand engages in word play with him. Mercutio is looking to challenge Romeo. Romeo is
newly married toand will not fight Tybalt, who is now his cousin through marriage. Mercutio
fights Tybalt instead. Some readers wonder if either of them are really aiming to kill, or if
their sword fight is more of a childish game. There is only blood shed when Romeo
intervenes:

TYBALT under ROMEO's arm stabs
MERCUTIO, and flies with his followers.

Mercutio knows the extent of his injury. He realizes he is dying, and realizes that the
feud has led to this. His final words, including the repetition of "a plague o' both your
houses," show that there is not one individual to blame, but the ancient families as a
whole.

Mercutio's last lines on stage are:

"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!"

Benvolio takes Mercutio off stage, and
then re-enters to tell Romeo that Mercutio is dead.

Just as theopens with the
words "Two households," Mercutio's last words "your houses" remind us that
this play is about the feuding families and the effect their feud has on everyone
else.