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"wax" and "flower"
Language
Act 1,
Scene 3
Lines 76-82

An explanation of the “wax” and “flower” metaphors in Act 1, Scene 3 of myShakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Lady Capulet

The valiant Paris seeks you for his love.

Nurse

A man, young lady! Lady, such a man
As all the world — why, he's a man of wax.

Lady Capulet

Verona's summer hath not such a flower.

Nurse

Nay, he's a flower; in faith, a very flower.                     

Lady Capulet

What say you? Can you love the gentleman?
This night you shall behold him at our feast.

The nurse describes Paris as “a man of wax” meaning that he’s as handsome as a statue, and then she enthusiastically agrees with Lady Capulet’s description of him as a “flower.”