Mercutio was dying, and he knew it. Family "honor" wasn't going to save him.
A plague on both your houses!
It is Mercutio who says "a plague on both your houses!" after he gets stabbed by Tybalt
The character who yells "A plague o' both your houses!" is Mercutio in William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." He says this line after being fatally wounded in a fight between the Capulets and Montagues.
"A plague on both your houses!"
Rather a lot, actually, but mostly, 'A plague on both your houses for they have made worms' meat of me.'
Mercutio is the character who yells the quote 'A plague on both your houses!' in the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet.
He has just been mortally wounded.
Mercutio, from the play by William Shakespeare: Rome and Juliet
He curses them "a plague on both your houses!"
Mercutio says it in Romeo and Juliet.
'A plague o' both your houses'
In "Romeo and Juliet," Mercutio yells "A plague o' both your houses" when he is fatally wounded in a fight between the Capulets and Montagues. This curse reflects his frustration with the ongoing feud between the two families and the senselessness of their conflict.