# Christina — The Inferno character guide

> Christina in The Inferno by August Strindberg.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0006-iv-the-fall-and-paradise-lost

## Who they are

A woman associated with the narrator's past sins and guilt.

## In the story

### [I: The Hand of the Invisible](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/i-the-hand-of-the-invisible)

The narrator's wife, who leaves for their ill child, later writes a letter expressing sympathy and a desire to join him.

### [IV: The Fall and Paradise Lost](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/iv-the-fall-and-paradise-lost)

The narrator's wife, mentioned in the context of his longing to be reunited with her and their child.

### [VII: Beatrice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/vii-beatrice)

The narrator's wife, who is staying with her married sister due to her grandmother's hatred of the narrator.

### [IX: Extracts from the Diary of a Damned Soul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/ix-extracts-from-the-diary-of-a-damned-soul)

His young daughter, whose prattle awakens him and who shows clairvoyant fear of a chimney sweep.

### [X: The Eternal Has Spoken](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/x-the-eternal-has-spoken)

The narrator's young daughter, who points out the sudden ray of sunlight and exclaims 'See, papa! see! there is the sun!'

### [XI: Hell Let Loose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/xi-hell-let-loose)

Strindberg's young daughter, whose innocent dancing seems to exorcise an evil spirit.

## Links

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