# Saul — The Inferno character guide

> Saul in The Inferno by August Strindberg.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0008-extracts-from-my-journal

## Who they are

Biblical king referenced as a parallel to the narrator's spiritual blindness.

## In the story

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

Biblical figure referenced when Strindberg opens the Bible to the story of Saul and the evil spirit.

### [XII: Pilgrimage and Penance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/xii-pilgrimage-and-penance)

The narrator's friend is described as 'that Saul among the young prophets'.

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