4. After his fight with Tybalt, Mercutio several times shouts "A plague o' both your houses!" Why does Mercutio say this? It is clear that he dislikes the Capulets, but why does he wish a plague upon the Montagues as well?

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The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.