Romeo is in love, or rather, out of it! He meets his cousin, Benvolio,( who has just finished talking to Romeo's parents about him,) and reveals his melancholy attitude. Try as he might, Benvolio is unable to drag the name of the lady out of Romeo, and they end the scene still talking about her. She is, of course, Rosaline, from the house of Capulet, and, later, when Romeo is asked to interpret a list with all the Capulet names on, inviting them to a feast at Capulet's house, he reads the name ' Rosaline', and that sets everything off!