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    A plague o' both your houses! is a catchphrase from William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. The phrase is used to express irritation and irony...
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    to inflict a fatal blow. Before he dies, Mercutio curses both the Montagues and Capulets, crying several times, "A plague o' both your houses!" (Act III...
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    curses the Montagues and Capulets with "A plague o' both your houses." (Often quoted as "a pox on both your houses.") Sleeping Beauty – Evil fairy Carabosse...
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    to break up the fight, and declares a curse upon both households before he dies. ("A plague on both your houses!") Grief-stricken and racked with guilt...
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  • Mercutio casts "a plague o' both your houses!" He makes one final pun before he dies: "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man". In revenge...
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  • cast recording by Jessie J. A number of songs were cut or replaced in the show's workshops, including "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" by Adele, "22"...
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  • Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet...
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  • 2020-06-14. "Why Does Mercutio Say "A Plague O' Both Your Houses"?". 4 August 2015. Smiley, Jane (13 May 2006). "A house divided". TheGuardian.com. "The Hound...
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  • Tybalt takes the opportunity to fatally wound Mercutio, who curses both houses before dying. Enraged, Romeo chases after the fleeing Tybalt and shoots...
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    blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are: Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit;...
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