We don't know much about Rosaline as she does not actually appear as a character in the play. We know that she is giving Romeo the cold shoulder at the beginning of the play, either because it was fashionable to play hard to get, or because she recognizes that Romeo is playing at being in love and doesn't really have any feeling for her.
romeo and Paris / rosaline and 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
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.
As described by Shakespeare, Romeo was surely infatuated by rosaline, but when he met Juliet he realized what true love is.
Friar Lawrence thinks that Romeo has been with Rosaline instead of with Juliet because he doesn't know yet that Romeo has fallen for Juliet and does not love Rosaline any more. Romeo and Rosaline used to be lovers, but now that Romeo has met Juliet, he doen't love Rosaline any longer. Therefore, he assumes that Romeo has been with Rosaline for the night because he doesn't know that they are not in love any more.
Rosaline is Juliet's cousin and Romeo's crush before he sees Juliet. He had a thing for Capulet women.
romeo and Paris / rosaline and Juliet
At first Romeo liked Rosaline but when he saw Juliet at the party he completely forgot about Rosaline and fell in love with Juliet.
Romeo was supposed to meet Rosaline at the ball, but he ends up meeting Juliet instead and falls in love with her.
Before the Balcony scene, Romeo compares Juliet to Rosaline by stating that Juliet's beauty outshines that of Rosaline and makes him forget all about his previous love for Rosaline. He expresses how Juliet's beauty has captured his heart completely, in contrast to Rosaline who rejected his love.
Rosaline
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 friends Mercutio and Benvolio tease him about his unrequited love for Rosaline in Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." They often mock Romeo for his lovesickness and obsession with Rosaline, which sets the stage for his eventual meeting with Juliet.
Yes, Romeo's feelings for Juliet are more passionate and intense compared to his feelings for Rosaline. With Juliet, he experiences true love, while with Rosaline, it seems more like infatuation. Juliet inspires Romeo to be more mature and responsible, while Rosaline's rejection leads him to despair.
Rosaline. Juliet's cousin. Who he thinks he is in love with and who wants nothing to do with him.
Finding true love. first trying with Rosaline then with Juliet.
In love with Rosaline.