# Mercy — The Pilgrim’s Progress character guide

> Mercy in The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mercy, young Mercy, Good Mercy

**First appearance:** 0005-the-second-part

## Snapshot

A young neighbor who slips away with Christiana's family, drawn by a longing she can hardly explain and a fear of being left behind.

## Who they are

Mercy is the tender-hearted companion who joins the second pilgrimage not from conviction so much as from love, and her longing to go is so strong that she weeps when she thinks she may be turned away. She has no husband, no children, no obvious claim on the road, which makes her presence both a comfort and a quiet question about who is welcome. Her gentleness steadies Christiana's household and gives the second journey its warmest, most human thread.

## In the story

### [The Author’s Way of Sending Forth His Second Part of the Pilgrim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_s_progress_se/chapters/the-author-s-way-of-sending-forth-his-second-part-of-the-pilgrim)

Neighbor and companion of Christiana, described as a virgin pilgrim who has long traveled with Christiana.

### [The Second Part](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_s_progress_se/chapters/the-second-part)

Christiana's companion, also on pilgrimage.

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