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Benvolio attempts to cure Romeo of his lovesickness for Rosaline by suggesting they crash the Capulet's party to scout for other women. After a chance encounter with a servant reveals the guest list, Romeo agrees to go, not to find a new love, but to bask in Rosaline's beauty. The scene establishes the theme of youthful infatuation and the competitive nature of male friendship.
BENVOLIO: Tut, man, one fire burns out another’s burning;
One pain is lessened by another’s anguish.
Turn giddy, and be helped by backward turning.
One desperate grief cures with another’s languish.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
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