Read the excerpt from act iii, scene i of romeo and juliet.

mercutio: 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! [exeunt mercutio and benvolio.]

which emotion most motivates mercutio to speak these words?

a. his desire for revenge on both families
b. his anger at romeo for being a montague
c. his despair about being fatally wounded
d. his embarrassment about losing the fight

Which quotation best expresses a major theme of this speech? "i saw my evil day at hand. the sun rose dim on us in theo morning, and at night is sunk in a dark cloud, and looked likea ball of fire.""i am much grieved, for i expected, if i did not defeat you, too hold out much longer, and give you more trouble before ! surrendered."m"we went to our great father. we were encouraged. hiso great council gave us fair words and big promises, but wegot no satisfaction.".**we told them to let us alone; but they followed on andbeset our paths, and they coiled themselves among us likethe snake."

What phrase from "speech after being convicted of voting" most engages the audience's sense of pathos, or their emotions?

The attitude the speaker in this poem holds toward himself can best be described as