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"Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law. Are we not Men?"
"Not to claw the Bark of Trees; that is the Law. Are we not Men?"
"Not to chase other Men; that is the Law. Are we not Men?"<!-- We are Devo! -->|'''The Law'''}}
An 1896 novel by [[H. G. Wells]], ''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'' has since become one of the classics of sci-fi literature. Its story centers on Edward Prendick, the narrator, who is shipwrecked at sea and rescued by Dr. Montgomery. The good doctor takes Edward to the island where he works, a land so ominous that they quickly abandon him. Edward is soon introduced to the island's ruler, the mad Doctor Moreau, and discovers Moreau's society of surgically-altered beasts that walk, speak, and struggle to live like men. The more he's around these beastmen, the more uncomfortable he becomes in his own society.
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: Hyena-Swine.
* [[Beast Man]]
* [[Body Horror]]: In the original book, the creatures aren't mutated, simply ''mutilated
** Prendick from the book does eventually come to pity the creatures, he's just so
* [[Catgirl]]: Doesn't technically exist in the novel (Moreau is working on transitioning a female puma into this, but
* [[The Commandments]]: The Law.
* [[Cute Mute]]: The sloth creature.
* [[Deserted Island]]: The titular Island.
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: Not in the novel, only the 1932 film. {{spoiler|Lota dies in Edward's arms.}}
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: Moreau
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Wells repeatedly mentions the fact that Captain Davis, the drunken, abusive schooner captain, has red hair. Admittedly Davis isn't so much "evil" as he is just a bully, but the repeated mentions of his hair color brings him close to this trope.
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: Moreau seeks to improve animals by making them more and more human, hoping to eventually make one fully human.
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* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]: The novel's ape-man is exceedingly proud that he averts this trope, unlike most of the other beastfolk.
* [[A God Am I]]: Moreau never outright says it, but the Beastmen certainly view him this way.
** Played straight in ''Island of Lost Souls'': "Mr. Parker, do you know what it's like to feel like God?"
* [[Humanity Ensues]]: Subverted with the Beast Men; although they are transformed into anthropomorphic forms they gradually regress back into animalistic forms, despite Moreau's best efforts.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Moreau.
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