# Rose Shaw — Jacob's Room character guide

> Rose Shaw in Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Shaw

**First appearance:** 0005-vi

## Who they are

A society woman who appears at parties.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jacobs_room_se/chapters/viii)

Rose Shaw is described talking emotionally at a party about a man named Jimmy who refused to marry Helen Aitken, exemplifying the theme of social convention and unspoken desires.

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