deus-ex-machina

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Examples of deus ex machina

  • But there was always a deus ex machina for us when we were in trouble. 

  • First of all, science by definition avoids the 'deus ex machina' assumption. 

  • In the ancient drama it was deus ex machina that came in at the end to solve the problems of the play. 

  • Lamarck's mechanism was not, as sometimes assumed, a desperate deus ex machina for explaining transgenerational memory.

  • The first is at what point the deus ex machina—the judgment—shall be brought in.

  • Jupiter descends in a storm as a deus ex machina to resolve the dilemma.

  • Nor are they simply a reflection of a superorganismic deus ex machina, whether we call it culture, social structure, or institutions.

  • To sort out the problems, they drag in a deus ex machina : leadership and propaganda.

  • There was no deus ex machina in the closing scene.

  • It is simply not a democratic deus ex machina.

  • Of course, sometimes a splendid benefactor has come along like a deus ex machina to pay the difference, but such private benefactors, alas!

  • We should not blindly take that route, thinking that we have found the solution—a new deus ex machina—when all we have is a vague idea.

  • I learn that some think of the old deus ex machina of a senate of national parliamentarians to offset the democratic deficit.

  • As such, it is a kind of deus ex machina common in fantasy literature.

  • These rules precluded many elements common in the baroque tragi-comedy: flying horses, chivalric battles, magical trips to foreign lands and the "deus ex machina".

  • The episode has subsequently been met with mixed critical responses, facing criticism for its abrupt "deus ex machina" ending.

  • Use of the godspot in this fashion often foreshadows a deus ex machina ending.

  • Some critics have argued that eucatastrophe, and in particular the eagles, exemplify "deus ex machina".

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