So I was watching a show last night, the Star Trek where Sisko asks the Bajoran prophets to stop his enemies and they do. I had a question about how things worked out, so I looked it up online. Turns out, it was accused of having a deus ex machina ending. Now that sounded familiar to me, but I couldn't quite remember what it meant, so I looked that up too.
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Deus Ex Machina
The term has evolved into a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved by the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability or object. (From Wiki)
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A character or thing that suddenly enters the story in a novel, play, movie, etc., and solves a problem that had previously seemed impossible to solve. (Webster's)
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A character or thing that suddenly enters the story in a novel, play, movie, etc., and solves a problem that had previously seemed impossible to solve. (Webster's)
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In ancient Greek and Roman drama, a god introduced into a play to resolve the entanglements of the plot. (Dictionary.com)
Story.of.my.life.
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ReplyDeleteA true miracle, huh?!!!
ReplyDeleteI guess ftom time to time, everyone is in need of such intervention.
ReplyDeleteI sure did not know this. Interesting. And would like more of the story of your life.
ReplyDeleteInteresting... :)
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