# Mary — Poetry character guide

> Mary in Poetry by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mary Jane

**First appearance:** 0196-ballad-of-gin-mary

## Who they are

A woman addressed in poems about love or daily life.

## In the story

### [Mister Sandman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/mister-sandman)

A good child who receives a pleasant dream with a fairy.

### [Ballad of Gin Mary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/ballad-of-gin-mary)

The defendant, known as Mary Jane, pleads for mercy as she is sentenced for drunkenness.

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