Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

Someone needs to tell Wilma Wallace to come back in 3-4 years when she is over the age of 18....

Ain't the legal age lower over in the old world?

It's like 14-16 in most of Europe

It sounds extra creepy since you're old....
Just sayin'.

You can wikipedia it lol, it's 14-16 in pretty much all European countries.

In the early 1800s it was apparently 11 in France lol

For teh most part I was just joking with you. Only one that really disturbs me I think is Spain....

Keep in mind as weird consider it now back in the day they didn't have teenage years and went straight to being adults. Juliette would have been like 12 or something wouldn't she?

Juliet's age

One aspect of the story which now seems problematic is Juliet's age. As the story occurs, Juliet is approaching her fourteenth birthday. She was born on "Lammas Eve at night" (August 1), so Juliet's birthday is July 31 (1.3.19). Her birthday is "a fortnight hence", putting the action of the play in mid-July (1.3.17). Her father states that she "hath not seen the change of fourteen years" (1.2.9). In many cultures and time periods, women did and do marry and bear children at an early age. Romeo and Juliet is a play about Italian families. Lady Capulet had given birth to her first child by the time she had reached Juliet's age: "By my count, I was your mother much upon these years that you are now a maid" (1.3.74–75). Shakespeare not only explicitly had the characters state Juliet's age of between 13 and 14, but also subtly emphasized her age through numeric symbolism. The name "Juliet Capulet" has exactly 13 letters in it, and she is the 13th character to appear on stage. Romeo also calls her name 14 times in the play.[2] This suggests that he was putting importance on Juliet's age and youth to emphasize her immaturity.

IIRC, she was 14. >_>
Off to Wiki!!!!!!!!!

Ughhhh yah, wow didn't know that young was legal. Kinda creepy. Looks like Turkey knows whatsup tho =)

Keep in mind as weird consider it now back in the day they didn't have teenage years and went straight to being adults. Juliette would have been like 12 or something wouldn't she?

13, not seeing an age for Romeo.

yeah I was going to say even into early 1800's 11' would be not too bad because people often died in child birth and old age was your 30-40's unless you were wealthy...
Medical advances and advances in farming have both changed that.

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