Romeo and Juliet
How old is Juliet in the play? Discuss the legal age for a young woman to marry in Elizabethan Times, Shakespeare’s era.
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Juliet begins as thirteen when Romeo first sees her but would turn fourteen in two weeks. Girls in this era could marry as young as twelve. One might take in consideration gender roles, people generally did not live very long, and infant mortality.