deus ex machina

     

A eus ex machina (Latin IPA: [ˈdeːus eks ˈmaːkʰina] (literally "god out of a machine") is an improbable contrivance in a story. The phrase describes an artificial, or improbable, character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot (such as an angel suddenly appearing to solve problems, or the entire story having been just a dream one of the characters was having).

Trivia about deus ex machina

  • In ancient Roman drama it was the supreme being introduced to resolve the tangles in the plot
  • Literally "God out of a machine", it's the Latin phrase for an unlikely & providential intervention
  • Literally "god from a machine", this term refers to a god introduced to resolve a plot
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the ruins of the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) The ancient Greek special effect of a deity lowered from a crane was called this, meaning "god from the machine"
  • Bust out your Latin for this, anv artificial device that resolves the difficulties of a plot

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