The Time Traveller
About how far into the future does the Time Traveler travel?
About 800,000 years into 802,701.
What is the Time Traveller's companion's name?
Weena
The Eloi.
What is a utopia?
A place where everything is perfect.
Define indolent.
Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
Who wrote The Time Machine?
H.G. Wells.
What is the fourth dimension?
Time
What are the Eloi afraid of?
The dark --> the Morlocks.
How do the Morlocks access the Underworld?
Wells.
What common ancestor do the Morlocks and Eloi share?
What is the prefix in "malign" and what does it mean?
Mal = bad
What does the Time Traveller bring back from the year 802,701?
What is the Time Traveller's main weapon against the Morlocks?
Fire
The Eloi represent what group from the Victorian Era?
The upper-class, aristocrats, capitalists, etc.
The Morlocks represent what group from the Victorian Era?
The lower-class, laborers, working class
What is one creature the Time Traveler sees in the distant future?
Giant butterflies and crabs; a sea squid-like creature
remnant
What is the Palace of Green Porcelain?
A museum.
Name two characters who doubt the Time Traveler's story.
The Medical Man
The Psychologist
The Editor
The Journalist
The Provincial Mayor
Filby
The Very Young Man
The Man with a Beard
What kind of government/society do the Eloi embody?
A communistic society
What do the Morlocks look like?
Pale, red eyes, ape-like.
The Time Machine is a reaction to what major economic development during the 1800s?
The Industrial Revolution
Define frame narrative.
A tale within a tale.
What social commentary is the author trying to make?
Answers vary. Generally, a criticism of capitalism and industrialization.
What happens to the Time Traveller at the end of the story?
We don't know. He travels through time and never returns.
Where do the Eloi live? (Give an actual location from the modern day)
Above ground, future England, near the Thames River.
Where do the Morlocks hide the time machine?
Inside the sphinx.
What was The Time Machine published?
1895
Define incontinently.
in a wild, uncontrolled manner
What is a theme from The Time Machine?
Answers vary