Romeo's age?

Question

I know he is sixteen because I looked it up online.

But where does it say his age in the play?

Answer 1

Sorry, but this doesn't really answer your question, it just expands a little on the answer above.

Actually, Romeo and Juliet had an age difference of about three or four years. Romeo, who was sixteen, fell in love with Juliet who was merely thirteen.

My English teacher explained that this was probably true due to Shakespeare's own relationship with a woman in which there was a large age difference.

Just clarifying.

Answer 2

When Shakespeare was writing, Romeo and Juliet both would have been about thirteen years old. Childhod was a much shorter period in those days and the concept of a "teenager" was a few hundred years away.

These days the equivelant age would be late teens/early twenties.

Also remember that in shakespeare's time the life expectancy was far shorter than it is today (about 45/50 years)