# Sister Caroline — Poetry character guide

> Sister Caroline in Poetry by James Weldon Johnson.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0067-go-down-death

## Who they are

A devout soul whose death becomes a summons, she is the beloved the Lord sends His angel to carry home in Go Down Death.

## Relationships

### [Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/characters/death)

_psychological_

Death personified interacts with Sister Caroline as a haunting or inevitable presence.

### [Jesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/characters/jesus)

_friendship_

Jesus offers spiritual guidance and comfort to Sister Caroline in her faith journey.

### [Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/characters/death)

_psychological_

Death personified interacts with Sister Caroline as a haunting or inevitable presence.

### [Jesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/characters/jesus)

_friendship_

Jesus offers spiritual guidance and comfort to Sister Caroline in her faith journey.

## In the story

### [Go Down Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/chapters/go-down-death)

The deceased, depicted as a weary laborer in God's vineyard who peacefully accepts Death as a friend and is carried to Jesus.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/characters