Age of consent in England is 16 so I’m guessing that’s why. I believe it’s 18 in America?

Later adaptations upped Juliet’s age to 16 (why not 18, we may never know), but you can’t rewrite history. She was thirteen, and that’s something that really happened.
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Age of consent in England is 16 so I’m guessing that’s why. I believe it’s 18 in America?
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