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Meaning of "deus ex machina"
deus ex machina - This is a Latin phrase that translates to 'god from the machine'. It is used to describe a plot device in literature or theater where an unexpected or unlikely event or character is introduced to resolve a seemingly unsolvable problem or conflict
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- Any resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and that is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author, director, or developer to end the story in the way that they desired.
- A contrived solution to a problem, relying on an agent external to the situation.
- A deity in Greek and Roman drama who was brought in by stage machinery to intervene in a difficult situation (i.e., to resolve a crisis, or untangle issues surrounding it, a character logically expected to do so).
- A machine used to bring an actor playing a god onto the stage, either up through a trapdoor or (e.g. by crane) from above.
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Deus ex machina forming our future and.
The era of the deus ex machina is over.
The statement was not included by a deus ex machina.
It takes a literal deus ex machina to save them.
It is reliant upon coincidences and deus ex machina.
The bad side of deus ex machina is obvious.
No deus ex machina to save us this time.
This had a flavour of deus ex machina about it.
A deus ex machina is a plot device.
It was all a bit deus ex machina for me.
Deus ex machina endings are disappointing.
So there are five examples of deus ex machina in film.
He is the deus ex machina of this story.
And do not you dare bring in a deus ex machina.
The use of deus ex machina had been.
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And doth you dare bring in a deus ex machina.
There is no deus ex machina that will deliver a happy ending.
That would take deus ex machina.
No deus ex machina to save him.
Why with the aid of deus ex machina of course.
The deus ex machina of all refugee situations is voluntary return.
They have become a deus ex machina.
A true deus ex machina among us.
Its role is therefore mostly that of a deus ex machina.
Exaggeration in deus ex machina is easy.
I personally can not see how it was a deus ex machina.
It reads like a deus ex machina more than anything else.
The government is not a deus ex machina.
There is no deus ex machina to rescue us from our own stupidity.
The ending was a bit deus ex machina.
Deus ex machina is minimized.
She did not need a deus ex machina.
Deus ex machina.
The solution to the crime is very deus ex machina.
This is the silliest deus ex machina in the history of film.
And do not you dare bring ina deus ex machina.
Feels too deus ex machina and makes the ending too easy.
I love a good deus ex machina.
Some lame deus ex machina helps the protagonists save their friend.
Jupiter descends in a storm as a deus ex machina to resolve the dilemma.
A Deus ex machina that fails to impress.
A lot of fans at the time thought this was deus ex machina.
FA was just one deus ex machina after another.
And the final resolution is a pretty big deus ex machina.
Just like a Deus ex machina the solution is there.
People disagree about whether this is a true deus ex machina.
Deus ex machina appears often in ancient Greek plays.
Its an obvious substitution of one deus ex machina for another.
It also helps that Deus ex Machina is one of his signature magical powers.
Use of the godspot in this fashion often foreshadows a deus ex machina ending.
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