A deus ex machina (Latin IPA: [ˈdeːus eks ˈmaːkʰina] (literally "god out of a machine") is an improbable contrivance in a story. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. 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). An angel is a Spiritual Supernatural being found in many Religions Although the nature of angels and the tasks given to them vary from tradition to tradition Dreams are the images sounds thoughts and feelings experienced while Sleeping, particularly strongly associated with Rapid eye movement sleep.

Contents 1 Linguistic considerations 2 Ancient uses 3 Modern uses 4 References

Linguistic considerations

The Latin phrase "deus ex machina" has its origins in the conventions of Greek tragedy. DeuS (Brut Des Flandres is a premium Belgian beer manufactured in Buggenhout, Belgium. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca It refers to situations in which a mechane (crane) was used to lower actors playing a god or gods onto the stage. A mechane or machine (Greek μηχανῆ, mēkhanē was a crane used in Greek theatre, especially in the fifth and fourth centuries BC God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Though the phrase is accurately translated as "God from a machine," in literary criticism, it is often translated to "God on a machine. " The machine referred to in the phrase is the crane employed in the task. It is a calque from the Greek "ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός" apó mēchanēs theós, (pronounced in Ancient Greek IPA: [aˈpo mɛːkʰaˈnɛːs tʰeˈos]). In Linguistics, a calque (kælk or loan translation is a Word or Phrase borrowed from another Language by Literal, word-for-word Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly

Ancient uses

The Greek tragedian Euripides is notorious for using this plot device as a means to resolve a hopeless situation. Euripides ( Ancient Greek:) (ca 480 BC–406 BC was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus For example, in Euripides' play Alcestis, the eponymous heroine agrees to give up her own life to Death in exchange for sparing the life of her husband, Admetus. Alcestis (Άλκηστις / Alkēstis) is an Athenian Tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. In doing so, however, she imposes upon him a series of extreme promises. Admetus is torn between choosing death or choosing to obey these unreasonable restrictions. In the end, though, Heracles shows up and seizes Alcestis from Death, restoring her to life and freeing Admetus from the promises. In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or In Euripides' Medea (play) deus ex machina is used to confront the audience's judgement by removing Medea, who has just committed murder and infanticide, to the safety and civilization of Athens. Medea (Μήδεια / Mēdeia) is a tragedy play written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced Medea (Μήδεια Mēdeia) in Greek mythology was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of The first person known to have criticized the device was Aristotle in his Poetics, where he argued that the resolution of a plot must arise internally, following from previous action of the play. Aristotle (Greek Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC was a Greek philosopher a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. Aristotle 's Poetics ( Greek: Ποιητικός, c 335 BCE aims to give an account of what he calls 'poetry' (for him the term includes the ^[1]

Modern uses

In fiction writing, the phrase has been extended to refer a sudden and unexpected resolution to a seemingly intractable problem in a plotline. ^[2] A deus ex machina is generally undesirable in writing because it does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and is often so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, allowing the author to conclude the story with an unlikely, though more palatable, ending. Suspension of disbelief or "willing suspension of disbelief" is an aesthetic theory intended to characterize people's relationships to art

An example in the 1978 Superman movie is that after Lois Lane has been killed in her car and the villain has detonated missiles to devastating effects, Superman elects to simply travel backward in time to correct the events, despite his ability to time travel never having been shown or alluded to prior. Superman (also known as Superman The Movie) is a 1978 Superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the

Sometimes the unlikeliness of the deus ex machina plot device is employed deliberately. An example is in Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera", in which a "riding messenger of the king" appears in the last moment, stops the execution of the story's criminal anti-hero Mack the Knife, and bestows an inheritable title of nobility on him. (born; 10 February 1898&ndash14 August 1956 was a German Poet, Playwright, and Theatre director. The Threepenny Opera ( Die Dreigroschenoper) is a revolutionary work of Musical theatre, by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Mack the Knife or The Ballad of Mack the Knife, originally Die Moritat von Mackie Messer, is a song composed by Kurt Weill The very absurdity of this serves to underwrite the great lack of generosity and selflessness in the capitalist reality that the story is mostly about.

The notion of deus ex machina can also be applied to a revelation within a story that causes seemingly unrelated sequences of events to be joined together. Thus the unexpected and timely intervention is aimed at the meaning of the story rather than a physical event in the plot. This may more accurately be described as a plot twist. A plot twist is a change ("twist" in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a Film, Television series, Video game,

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