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.

In this exchange, Lady Capulet calls Paris “a flower,” and the Nurse agrees that he is “a very flower.” The comparison is praise for Paris’s attractiveness, so “flower” means handsome here. “Young” is not the point of the comparison, and “fragile” or “tender” would not fit the flattering context.

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