Rosemary (character)

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Rosemary is a central character in Bob Dylan’s narrative song “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts,” depicted as a complex woman entangled in a web of love, crime, and betrayal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
song character
appearsInWork Blood on the Tracks NERFINISHED
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme betrayal
crime
jealousy
love
moral ambiguity
revenge
carriesObject revolver
commitsCrime murder of Big Jim
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
describedAs nervous
restless
unhappy in marriage
emotion desperation
fear
longing
fate execution
firstPublicationContext album Blood on the Tracks
gender female
hasInterpretation figure of moral ambiguity in Dylan’s storytelling
symbol of trapped woman seeking escape
hasRelationshipWith Big Jim NERFINISHED
Jack of Hearts NERFINISHED
hasRole accomplice
adulterous wife
central character
love interest
murderer
inLoveWith Jack of Hearts NERFINISHED
isExecutedFor murder of Big Jim
kills Big Jim NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
medium song
narrativeFunction drives plot through betrayal and murder
partOf cast of characters in Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
partOfGenre folk rock
narrative song
settingOfActions backstage dressing room
cabaret
sharesSceneWith Big Jim NERFINISHED
Jack of Hearts NERFINISHED
Lily NERFINISHED
spouseOf Big Jim NERFINISHED

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Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts hasPart Rosemary (character)