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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.


Lady Capulet: Tell me, daughter Juliet,

How stands your disposition to be married?


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The valiant Paris seeks you for his love.


Nurse: A man, young lady! lady, such a man . . .


Lady Capulet: Verona’s summer hath not such a flower.


Nurse: Nay, he’s a flower; in faith, a very flower.


When Nurse says that Paris is a flower, she is using a metaphor meaning that he is


fragile.

handsome.

tender.

young.

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Shelby170

I would go wih fragile

magfulltime

Answer:

  • Fragile

Explanation:

She's just worried that Paris is attractive and will make a decent husband. She doesn't think about the romantic parts of love. Romantics characteristics are what Juliet longs for and once she meets Romeo and he discloses to her he is loving her as a religious pilgrim may, she is hooked.

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