Question

What did the Time Traveller originally assume about the relationship between the Eloi and the Morlocks in The Time Machine by H. G. Wells?

A.) The Eloi were prey and the Morlocks were predators.
B.) The Eloi were masters and the Morlocks were their servants.
C.) The Eloi were laborers and the Morlocks were their masters.
D.) The Eloi were nurturers and the Morlocks were destroyers.

Answer 1

B is the correct answer. The Time Traveller assumes that the upper and middle classes in his home society (Victorian England) became Eloi and the lower and working classes became Morlocks - he believes they have evolved into two separate species. As a result of this power difference, the Eloi are believed to be the masters and the Morlocks their servants.

Answer 2

B is correct, for sure. #PLATO