Second, in “Saint Judas,” the speaker exhibits this same remorse when he describes himself as, “banished from heaven” (Wright 9). Here, the speaker, whom one can assume might be Judas, insinuates the fact that he commits a horrible crime and even though he will later kill himself, he goes to help a man in need. Like Perry, who feels remorse for the Clutter murders, the speaker feels so appalled by his betrayal he actually possesses the need to kill himself; the act of helping the man reveals the speaker’s sorrow. The speaker also admits that he was “running to spare his suffering” (Wright 3). This quote alone shows a change in heart of a man who betrayed Jesus, and now wants to “run to spare [the] suffering” of a man he does not even know (Wright
