# Sin — Poetry character guide

> Sin in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0133-the-house-of-judgment

## Who they are

The personification of moral transgression, often in religious contexts.

## In the story

### [The Theatre at Argos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/the-theatre-at-argos)

Mentioned among the plagues and crimes of the modern world.

### [Taedium Vitae](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/taedium-vitae)

The speaker's white soul first kissed the mouth of sin, marking a fall from purity.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/ii)

Personified as the force that ensnares the prisoners, referenced in 'the iron gin that waits for Sin.'

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as something to be cleansed from the soul through a broken heart and contrition.

## Links

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