Abstract
As a signature work of Herbert George Wells, The Time Machine has reached an unprecedented height not only from artistic skills but also from writing techniques. Herbert George Wells is an English science fiction author, his The Time Machine is a masterpiece of science fiction through the four-dimensional space by ‘time machine’. In this novel, Wells focus on protagonist, The Time Traveler’s perspective telling an exciting time-traveling story. So The Time Machine has become a famous science fiction which was provided with rich anti-religious metaphors and utilization of symbolism.
This thesis employs anti-religious metaphors and utilization of symbolism, mainly focusing on discussing their functions in this novel’s theme. It firstly gives a brief introduction of The Time Machine’s background and content; then it explains the effect on this novel from its perspective of finding anti-religious elements. After that, it presents main metaphors from writing techniques and utilization of symbolism by these anti-religious elements. At last, it provides some suggestions for anti-religious theme in this novel by analyzing and concluding different professors’ prior study from both domestic and foreign.
The result of this thesis not only will have a new understanding of The Time Machine’s content and theme, but also will creatively read this novel from writing techniques and utilization of symbolism.
Key words: The Time Machine, anti-religion, elements, writing techniques, utilization of symbolism
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