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deus ex machina \DAY-us-eks-MAH-kih-nuh\ noun
: a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
Example sentence:
Only a deus ex machina could resolve the novel's thorny crisis.
Did you know?
The New Latin term "deus ex machina" is a translation of a Greek phrase and means literally "a god from a machine." "Machine," in this case, refers to the crane that held a god over the stage in ancient Greek and Roman drama. The practice of introducing a god at the end of a play to unravel and resolve the plot dates from at least the 5th century B.C.; Euripides (circa 484-406 B.C.) was one playwright who made frequent use of the device. Since the late 1600s, "deus ex machina" has been applied in English to unlikely saviors and improbable events that bring order out of chaos in sudden and surprising ways.
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: a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
Example sentence:
Only a deus ex machina could resolve the novel's thorny crisis.
Did you know?
The New Latin term "deus ex machina" is a translation of a Greek phrase and means literally "a god from a machine." "Machine," in this case, refers to the crane that held a god over the stage in ancient Greek and Roman drama. The practice of introducing a god at the end of a play to unravel and resolve the plot dates from at least the 5th century B.C.; Euripides (circa 484-406 B.C.) was one playwright who made frequent use of the device. Since the late 1600s, "deus ex machina" has been applied in English to unlikely saviors and improbable events that bring order out of chaos in sudden and surprising ways.
So no one really uses LiveJournal anymore... Is that because of MySpace? Because no one ever posts anything worth reading on MySpace... there's the occassional bulletin that's worth commenting on; but personally mine consist of "I have a tummy ache". On here I used to spew out all sorts of insightful and horridly offensive and frightening things. But I began to get away from that because I typed out whatever it is I felt like typing in a private file I decided to keep for record purposed. But as is customary to my being, I stopped doing that a while back, as well.
So I just felt like... ya know... posting something...
My hands are dry and I have a headache.