After he is wounded in Act III of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio says, “A plague a both your houses! / They have made worms’ meat of me.” Which of these statements is the best paraphrase of Mercutio’s words?
a
The feud between the two families is like a plague whose germs are like fat worms.
b
I am too weak to enter any of the houses. Tybalt and his friends have killed me.
c
My wounds are like a plague spreading in people’s houses. They will kill me.
d
Curse both the Capulets and the Montagues. Their feud has killed me.
d
Curse both the Capulets and the Montagues. Their feud has killed me.