William Bankes
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William Bankes is a reflective, somewhat austere botanist and family friend in Virginia Woolf’s novel "To the Lighthouse," whose unspoken feelings and observations highlight themes of memory, change, and unfulfilled desire.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | To the Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | British modernism ⓘ |
| associatedWithSetting | Isle of Skye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | To the Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasInnerLifeCharacteristic |
contemplative
ⓘ
self-contained ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | botanist ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
austere
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
Mr. Ramsay’s intellectual ambitions
ⓘ
the passage of time ⓘ the transience of human relationships ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipTypeWith | friend of the Ramsay family ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Lily Briscoe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mr. Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasThemeAssociation |
change
ⓘ
memory ⓘ unfulfilled desire ⓘ |
| hasUnspokenFeelingsFor | Mrs. Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCharacterIn | modernist literature ⓘ |
| isFamilyFriendOf | Ramsay family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century modernism ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies reflective distance from domestic life
ⓘ
observer of the Ramsay family dynamics ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
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