I assume you mean Act I, Scene
II.
First, Paris approaches Lord Capulet about his interest
in marrying Juliet. He likes Paris and would welcome Paris as a son-in-law, but he
wants him to wait until Juliet is older and wants to see if Juliet likes him back. He
invites Paris to his party that evening to give her a chance to meet and attempt to woo
Juliet. This leads to the second plot point where Capulet orders his illiterate servant
to deliver the invitations to the party. Meanwhile, the third plot point, Benvolio
encourages Romeo to forget about his love for Roseline and try to find another girl.
These two conversations become connected when the servant interrupts Romeo and Benvolio
and asks them for help reading the invitations, so he can deliver them. They comply and
the servant thanks them by inviting them to the party. Benvolio encourages Romeo to go
and Romeo agrees only because he knows Roseline will be there.
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