11 Facts About Rosaline

Rosaline is a fictional character mentioned in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet.

Rosaline is a variant of Rosalind, a name of Old French origin:.

The name Rosaline commonly appears in Petrarchan sonnets, a form of poetry Romeo uses to woo Juliet and to describe both Rosaline and Juliet.

Since Rosaline is unattainable, she is a perfect subject for this style; but Romeo's attempt at it is forced and weak.

Rosaline is used as a name for only one other Shakespearean character—one of the main female figures in Love's Labour's Lost, and Rosalind is the name of the main female character in As You Like It.

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Lady Rosaline in Love's Labours Lost constantly rebuffs her suitor's advances and Romeo's Rosaline remains distant and chaste in his brief descriptions of her.

Rosaline's is of a rival house and is sworn to chastity; thus he is in an impossible situation, one which will continue his trauma if he remains in it.

Psychoanalysts view this as a re-enactment of his failed relationship with his mother; Rosaline's absence is symbolic of his mother's absence and lack of affection for him.

Rosaline has been portrayed in various ways over the centuries.

Rosaline appears in the 2013 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

Rosaline is the main protagonist of the 2017 American drama series Still Star-Crossed.