Rosaline is Juliet's cousin and Romeo's crush before he sees Juliet. He had a thing for Capulet women.
In love with Rosaline.
He imagined himself to be in love with Rosaline, but Juliet was the real thing.
As described by Shakespeare, Romeo was surely infatuated by rosaline, but when he met Juliet he realized what true love is.
Romeo was supposed to meet Rosaline at the ball, but he ends up meeting Juliet instead and falls in love with her.
Romeo's heart was broken by Rosaline before he met Juliet. Romeo was in love with Rosaline at the beginning of the play, but she did not return his affections, which left him heartbroken until he met Juliet.
Rosaline is the girl that Romeo loved before he met Juliet. She is only in the beginning of the play and she is only mentioned; she doesn't actually say anything. Romeo chooses to go to the Capulet's party because he thinks he will see Rosaline there. Except Rosaline doesn't love Romeo back
Romeo's first love interest before Juliet was Rosaline, whom he was infatuated with at the beginning of Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet."
At the beginning of the play before seeing Juliette, Romeo is in love with Rosaline.
R could stand for Romeo. It could also stand for Rosaline, the girl Romeo is after before he meets Juliet.
At the beginning of William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is infatuated with Rosaline. Rosaline on the other hand isn't interested in him or any other man since she wants to remain celibate. He's kind of superficial because he says quote: 'One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun' Which is later contradicted by him saying: 'Did my heart love till now? foreswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.' About Juliet.
Friar Laurence at first believes Romeo is still pining over Rosaline, a woman who does not return Romeo's love because she says she has taken a vow of chastity (some think this means she has decided to become a nun). In fact, Romeo has completely forgotten about Rosaline and is now in love with Juliet, but since Juliet is the daughter of his father's enemy (and Rosaline was only his neice), this poses a major problem for Romeo.