# Rachel — As I Lay Dying character guide

> Rachel in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0030-samson

## Who they are

Samson's wife, distressed by the Bundrens' treatment of Addie's body.

## In the story

### [Samson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/as_i_lay_dying_se/chapters/samson)

Samson's wife; outraged by the situation, cries about men torturing women alive and flouting them dead, and refuses Samson's touch.

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