Romeo finds out about the Capulet party in Act 1, Scene 2, when a Capulet servant named Peter, who cannot read, asks Romeo and Benvolio for help reading the guest list of the party invitations
. Romeo reads the list aloud and discovers that Rosaline, the woman he is infatuated with, will be attending the party
. Although Romeo is a Montague and the party is a Capulet event, Benvolio convinces him to attend in hopes that Romeo will meet other women and forget Rosaline
. Romeo agrees to go, despite some misgivings and a foreboding dream he had about the event
. Thus, Romeo learns about the party by chance through the illiterate servant's request for help, which sets in motion the events leading to his meeting Juliet
