Question 19 • NC-English Language Arts 9 CR
The Nurse takes a winding route to answer how old Juliet is: she jokes that she would stake fourteen teeth on Juliet’s age, then interrupts herself to say she has only four, before explaining that Juliet will turn fourteen on Lammas Eve. This makes her response a roundabout answer, rather than evidence of housekeeping or religious beliefs.
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