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The Malignance Of Morlocks In The Time Machine By H. G. Wells

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Malignance of Morlocks

“ You can scarce imagine how nauseatingly inhuman [the Morlocks] looked—those pale, chinless faces and great, lidless, pinkish-grey eyes!” (Wells, 36). The novel The Time Machine by H.G. Wells explores the idea of time travel and the evolution of humanity. The Time Traveller travels to 802, 701 AD. In the future, the Traveller finds two species of humans: Elois and Morlocks. The Elois evolved from the aristocracy of the Victorian era; the Morlocks evolved from the working class. The Traveller pities the naivety of Elois who “ had decayed to a mere beautiful futility” (Wells, 39). The Eloi may be stunning but they are entirely useless. However, the Morlocks kept the skills of the industrial revolution –doing whatever …show more content…

Constantly trying to kill the Traveller. “In a moment I was clutched by several hands, and there was no mistaking that they were trying to haul me back” (Wells, 36) The Traveller crawled into the underworld to retrieve his missing machine but was met with an unpleasant surprise, the Morlocks. The only way to protect himself, the Traveller is forced to use a majority of his limited matches. As soon as his match burns out the Morlocks ceaselessly claw at him, dragging him back into the depths of their trenches. Not only are the Morlocks trying to kill the Traveller they also feast on Elois to survive. “These Eloi were mere fatted cattle, which the ant-like Morlocks preserved and preyed upon—probably saw to the breeding of.” (Wells, 41) The Traveller has started to develop a bond with Elois as they seem human. The connection that the Traveller has with the Elois and the fact that the Morlocks eat them just deepen the hatred the Traveller has for the …show more content…

Even though the Morlocks evolved from them, “...there was an altogether new element in the sickening quality of the Morlocks—something inhuman and malign. Instinctively I loathed them.” (Wells, 39) Right away, the Traveller has a burning hatred for them. He is unable to see their resemblance to what they used to be, human. The Eloi, who have evolved from the upper class, have been stalked, killed and preyed on by the Morlocks. “[The Morlocks’] prejudice against human flesh is no deep-seated instinct… I tried to look at the thing in a scientific spirit. After all, they were less human and more remote than our cannibal ancestors of three or four thousand years ago…Why should I trouble myself? These Eloi were mere fatted cattle, which the ant-like Morlocks preserved and preyed upon—probably saw to the breeding of.” (Wells, 40-41) The Morlocks don’t care that the Eloi’s have evolved from the same species they have. The lack of feeling, guilt and remorse make Morlocks’ inhumane, to the Traveller the behaviour of the Morlocks is

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