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?
***
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.
Lady Capulet: Tell me, daughter Juliet,
How stands your disposition to be married?
***
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.