<P> A number of citizens emerge during Act I, Scene I to break apart the fight between some Capulet and Montague servants . They appear again in Act III, Scene I to discover the slain body of Tybalt, at which point they place Benvolio under citizen's arrest until the Prince's swift entrance . </P> <P> Petruchio is a guest at the Capulet feast . He is notable only in that he is the only ghost character confirmed by Shakespeare to be present . When the party ends and Juliet inquires towards Romeo's identity, the Nurse attempts to avoid the subject by answering that Juliet is pointing at "the young Petruchio". Later, he is with Tybalt when he fatally wounds Mercutio, and a few scripts identify a Capulet with one line by that name . Petruchio is also the name of a major character in Shakespeare's earlier work, The Taming of the Shrew . </P> <P> Rosaline is an unseen character and niece of Capulet . Although silent, her role is important: her lover, Romeo, first spots her cousin Juliet while trying to catch a glimpse of Rosaline at a Capulet gathering . </P> <P> Before Juliet, Romeo was deeply intrigued with another woman that didn't return his feelings . Scholars generally compare Romeo's short - lived love of Rosaline with his later love of Juliet . Rosaline means "fair rose". The poetry he writes for Rosaline is much weaker than that for Juliet . Scholars believe his early experience with Rosaline prepares him for his relationship with Juliet . Later performances of Romeo and Juliet have painted different pictures of Romeo and Rosaline's relationship, with filmmakers experimenting by making Rosaline a more visible character . </P>

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