The Time Machine

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Epilogue

Themes

All Themes Inequality and Social Class Technology and Progress Humans, Nature, and the Universe Fear and Kindness

Quotes

Characters

All Characters The Time Traveller The Narrator The Eloi The Morlocks Weena

Symbols

All Symbols Light, Darkness, and Fire Weena’s Flowers

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Epilogue

Themes

All Themes
Inequality and Social Class
Technology and Progress
Humans, Nature, and the Universe
Fear and Kindness

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
The Time Traveller
The Narrator
The Eloi
The Morlocks
Weena

Symbols

All Symbols
Light, Darkness, and Fire
Weena’s Flowers

Theme Wheel

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McNamara, Sylvie. "The Time Machine." LitCharts LLC, February 1, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-time-machine.

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