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.