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Weena is an Eloi woman whom the Time Traveller saves from drowning. Though he does not expect gratitude or recognition in return for his bravery, Weena surprises and charms the Time Traveller by following him everywhere from then on and adorning him constantly with flowers as a sign of gratitude and affection. The Time Traveller learns important things from Weena (including that fear is, after all, a pervasive feeling among the Eloi), and it is through her companionship that he begins to feel that this strange future is his home. Nonetheless, he is conflicted about how human she really is—she’s not particularly intelligent, but, as the Time Traveller says, “She always seemed to me, I fancy, more human than she was, perhaps because her affection was so human.” Thus Weena is a being defined by kindness, and her death in a forest fire that the Time Traveller inadvertently started is a tragedy.
Weena Quotes in The Time Machine
The The Time Machine quotes below are all either spoken by Weena or refer to Weena. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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For, by merely seeming fond of me, and showing in her weak, futile way that she cared for me, the little doll of a creature presently gave my return to the neighborhood of the White Sphinx almost the feeling of coming home.
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Chapter 8
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I saw an inscription in some unknown character. I thought, rather foolishly, that Weena might help me to interpret this, but I only learned that the bare idea of writing had never entered her head. She always seemed to me, I fancy, more human than she was, perhaps because her affection was so human.
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Epilogue
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And I have before me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers—shriveled now, and brown and flat and brittle—to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
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Weena Quotes in The Time Machine
The The Time Machine quotes below are all either spoken by Weena or refer to Weena. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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For, by merely seeming fond of me, and showing in her weak, futile way that she cared for me, the little doll of a creature presently gave my return to the neighborhood of the White Sphinx almost the feeling of coming home.
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Chapter 8
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I saw an inscription in some unknown character. I thought, rather foolishly, that Weena might help me to interpret this, but I only learned that the bare idea of writing had never entered her head. She always seemed to me, I fancy, more human than she was, perhaps because her affection was so human.
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Epilogue
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And I have before me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers—shriveled now, and brown and flat and brittle—to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
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