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The Time Machine

by H. G. Wells

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The Time Machine Questions and Answers

I'm reading The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. Please explain what the phrase "lilies of silver" means in the following sentence: "The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses." Is the author referring to pendant lamps? The paragraph containing the sentence describes a living room.

What is the main message of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells?

What was H. G. Wells's purpose for writing the book The Time Machine?

According to the Time Traveller in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, what is the Fourth Dimension?

In The Time Machine, what evidence shows that the time traveller has returned from difficult experience?

Why does H.G. Wells identify most of the characters in The Time Machine by title rather than name?

How did the narrator work the machine? Was it difficult to operate? Give reason for your answer.

What did the time traveller tell his guests at the dinner table?

What is the theme of The Time Machine?

What were some of the time traveller's hopes and dreams of the future when he was making the time machine? [From chapter 4 to 5 The time machine]

What are 3 themes of the book The Time Machine?

In The Time Machine, how do the guests react to the tale of the Time Traveller's adventure?

What is the climax of the novel The Time Machine?

What is the significance of the social divide between the Eloi and the Morlocks?

Where in the past would you go if you could time travel?

Where did the narrator want to travel to, and why?

In The Time Machine, what do the people the Time Traveler meets in the far-future in chapter 3 look like? Make a list of five details.

What are the main symbols used in The Time Machine?

What is the role of women in The Time Machine by H. G. Wells?

Please give an example of figurative language used in The Time Machine.  

In chapter two of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, what is one condition the Time Traveler sets before telling his story?

What were the Time Traveler's reasons for traveling through time? 

Comment on social classes in The Time Machine.

How was the Time Traveller able to go back to his own time?

What is the time machine made of?

Why did the time traveller write his name on the statue he found in the museum?

Describe the Green Palace and its contents. 

How does the opening paragraph of "The Time Machine" function as exposition, introducing readers to the protagonist and an important theme or conflict?

What does Weena do with the Time Traveler's pockets in chapter 7 of The Time Machine?

Compare the novel The Time Machine to the film.

Describe the points of view of The Time Traveller and the reader. How do these points of view differ and create a sense of suspense?

In The Time Machine, how are the Eloi and the Morlocks related?

In The Time Machine, what events, other than the Eloi and Morlocks, depict class inequality?

Analyze the novel The Time Machine by H. G. Wells as a horror story.

In The Time Machine, how many Eloi are in the great hall?

What a thesis statement of the book The Time Machine?

Is there racism in The Time Machine by H.G. Wells?

What happened to the first time machine?

Is Weena necessary to the story of The Time Machine?

Which character is the "argumentative person with red hair?"

Describe the Time Traveller's narrow escape at the of the Morlocks in The Time Machine.

Who are the guests of the Time Traveller in The Time Machine?

If the time machine actually existed, how could we use it for improving the quality of the present life?

How can you compare and contrast Plot, Setting, and Conflict the two stories, The Time Machine and The Sound of Thunder. Use examples from the text.

How does the society of the Eloi function in The Time Machine?

What do you think that Wells is trying to tell us about society in The Time Machine and how do I expand upon it, with quotes? I'm providing much literary analysis of the text.  I understand that the Time Traveller was saying that society was becoming more decadent and that in the future humans will lose the ability to provide for and protect ourselves.  How do I expand on these thoughts of Wells', and what are some good suggestions for quotes from the text that indicate attitudes towards society?

What does the Time Traveller think about his own civilization? What does the Time Traveller expect to find in the future?

In Chapter 3 of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine, what possibilities present themselves to the mind of the Time Traveler in the time machine?

How does The Time Machine show the advantages and disadvantages of a capitalist society? 

What is the Time Traveller's original assumption about the relationship between the Eloi and the Morlocks in The Time Machine?