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Which lines in this excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet show that Lord Capulet thinks Juliet is too young to get married?

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At the begining, Shakespeare writes, voicing the words of Juliet's father about the wedding with Paris:

She is not yet fourteen years old;

Let the two more lush summers die--

Then Juliet can become his wife.

That is, the Juliet's father clearly indicates that Juliet is too young to get married; Which says that and then it was not the norm, according to some.

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At one point, Lord Capulet says My child is yet a stranger in the world, which means that she is too young and has not experienced the world properly.
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