# Sister Lucy Taylor — The Mule-Bone character guide

> Sister Lucy Taylor in The Mule-Bone by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sister Taylor, Lucy, Lucy Taylor, Mrs. Taylor, Taylor, Taylor Sighing

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i

## Snapshot

A Methodist sister with a plow-line tongue, ready to whip the town's loose girls and the Baptist men who think they run it.

## Who they are

Sister Lucy Taylor holds court on Joe Clark's porch, trading barbs with Sister Thomas about Daisy's reputation and the men who coddle the Baptist side. She is fierce about church loyalty and quick to name hypocrisy, whether it's the mayor's belly or a girl's Saturday-night walk. Her running commentary on the trial and the town's morals makes her a barometer of the Methodist-Baptist split that drives the play's early conflicts.

## Relationships

### [Mrs. Roberts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mule_bone_se/characters/mrs_roberts)

_friendship_

Mrs. Roberts and Sister Lucy Taylor are friends and fellow church members, sharing spiritual and social bonds.

### [Elder Simms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mule_bone_se/characters/elder_simms)

_professional_

Elder Simms and Sister Lucy Taylor have a professional relationship as church leader and congregant, with spiritual guidance.

### [Elder Simms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mule_bone_se/characters/elder_simms)

_professional_

Elder Simms and Sister Lucy Taylor have a professional relationship as church leader and congregant, with spiritual guidance.

### [Mrs. Roberts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mule_bone_se/characters/mrs_roberts)

_friendship_

Mrs. Roberts and Sister Lucy Taylor are friends and fellow church members, sharing spiritual and social bonds.

### [Mrs. Roberts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mule_bone_se/characters/mrs_roberts)

_friendship_

Mrs. Roberts and Sister Lucy Taylor are friends and fellow church members, sharing spiritual and social bonds.

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