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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Rosemary (character) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
song character
appearsInWork Blood on the Tracks
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
associatedWithTheme betrayal
crime
jealousy
love
moral ambiguity
revenge
carriesObject revolver
commitsCrime murder of Big Jim
countryOfOriginOfWork United States
createdBy Bob Dylan
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
Jack of Hearts
hasRole accomplice
adulterous wife
central character
love interest
murderer
inLoveWith Jack of Hearts
isExecutedFor murder of Big Jim
kills Big Jim
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
Jack of Hearts
Lily
spouseOf Big Jim

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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