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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.