A significant number of asexuals also identify as aromantic, which means that they do not experience romantic attraction. Separating romantic and sexual attraction is not strictly limited to asexual people, however. For instance, it is possible for someone to be an aromantic heterosexual, or any other combination.
Shakespeare got the story of Romeo and Juliet from a poem by Arthur Brooke called Romeus and Juliet. In Brooke's poem, the story takes place in Verona, Italy.
The play is set two weeks before Julietâs 14th birthday. Count Paris comes calling, asking Julietâs father, Lord Capulet, for her hand in marriage. Certainly in noble houses in Europe at the time, girls marrying at 14 was not unheard of, but 16 was more usual.