John Stuart Mill V. HG Wells

A detailed Summary of John Stuart Mill V. HG Wells

In the coming of the 20th century many attitudes began to

change. Views traditionally held started to be questioned. This

is most evident in the literature of the time. Many wrote about

social change in various forms. Mill in his book The Subjection

of Women challenged the long held belief that women were

inferior. He used examples from society to show that other

injustices were righted and so to should the subjection of women.

Wells? book The Time Machine was a warning to people about the

consequences of further social wrongs. Together they lay an

The main topic in The Subjection of Women is obviously the

treatment of women. Despite this Mill also comments on other

aspects of society. He does not solely concentrate on women?s

rights. This allows a comparison to other works about different

subjects. Wells only briefly addresses women in his book, but we

can still compare the two on different ideas.

Mill starts discussing how power is doled out. He submits

that in older times power was taken by those with greater force.

Might makes right, is the gist of his argument. He calls this a,

?... primitive condition ...?(Mill 7). In more civilized times,

responsibly, not just with emotion. He sees women as equals and

describes marriage as an imprisonment of women. This prison keeps

that Wells thinks women can be equally good and equally bad as

It is exactly what Mill has outlined in his book.

during the greater part of the duration of our

defend themselves has subjected them to fearing the Morlocks. The

the tradition of the Morlocks staying underground to support the

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