# Christ — The Inferno character guide

> Christ in The Inferno by August Strindberg.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0002-the-inferno

## Who they are

The suffering redeemer against whom the narrator measures his own trials, wondering whether God is Science Itself or only the Punisher of unknown sins.

## In the story

### [III: Paradise Regained](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/iii-paradise-regained)

Compared unfavorably to Buddha; Christ avoids worldly joys while Buddha renounces them from a position of strength.

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