Deus ex machina - Revision history

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	* In J.R.R. Tolkein's <u>Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</u> Frodo and Sam (the ringbearers) are trapped on Mount Doom during the eruption. Eagles fly from a distance and proceed to rescue them.		* In J.R.R. Tolkein's <u>Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</u> Frodo and Sam (the ringbearers) are trapped on Mount Doom during the eruption. Eagles fly from a distance and proceed to rescue them.
	* [http://www.poemuseum.org/poes_life/index.html Edgar Allan Poe]'s story, [http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/pit_pend.html The Pit and the Pendulum], the narrator has just fallen over the edge of the deep pit when he reaches up and grabs the arm of the French general who has led the army to capture the fort where the narrator has been imprisoned.		* [http://www.poemuseum.org/poes_life/index.html Edgar Allan Poe's] story, [http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/pit_pend.html The Pit and the Pendulum], the narrator has just fallen over the edge of the deep pit when he reaches up and grabs the arm of the French general who has led the army to capture the fort where the narrator has been imprisoned.

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Rbennett at 16:20, 23 February 2006

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	In J.R.R. Tolkein's <u>Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</u> Frodo and Sam (the ringbearers) are trapped on Mount Doom during the eruption. Eagles fly from a distance and proceed to rescue them.		* In J.R.R. Tolkein's <u>Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</u> Frodo and Sam (the ringbearers) are trapped on Mount Doom during the eruption. Eagles fly from a distance and proceed to rescue them.
			* [http://www.poemuseum.org/poes_life/index.html Edgar Allan Poe]'s story, [http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/pit_pend.html The Pit and the Pendulum], the narrator has just fallen over the edge of the deep pit when he reaches up and grabs the arm of the French general who has led the army to capture the fort where the narrator has been imprisoned.

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	=== Works Cited ===		=== Works Cited ===

	* [http://www.gale.com/free_resources/glossary/glossary_de.htm#d www.gale.com]
	* Cuddon, J.A. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Themes and Literary Theory''. 4th ed. 1999.		* Cuddon, J.A. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Themes and Literary Theory''. 4th ed. 1999.
	* Lass, Abraham H., David Kiremidjian, and Ruth M. Goldstein. ''The Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, & Literary Allusions''. 1991.		* Lass, Abraham H., David Kiremidjian, and Ruth M. Goldstein. ''The Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, & Literary Allusions''. 1991.
			* [http://www.gale.com/free_resources/glossary/glossary_de.htm#d www.gale.com]

Rbennett at 16:14, 23 February 2006

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	Examples:		=== Examples ===
	In J.R.R. Tolkein's <u>Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</u> Frodo and Sam (the ringbearers) are trapped on Mount Doom during the eruption. Eagles fly from a distance and proceed to rescue them.		In J.R.R. Tolkein's <u>Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</u> Frodo and Sam (the ringbearers) are trapped on Mount Doom during the eruption. Eagles fly from a distance and proceed to rescue them.

Rbennett at 16:14, 23 February 2006

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	Latin for “god out of the machine” or "god from the machine" depending on what refrences you use. The term originated in Greek theaters and was eventually translated into Latin. It came about when a [http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/comedy/intro19.htm mechane] (a crane) would lower a person or persons playing the role of a god or gods to find a solution to a hopeless situation. This formed the phrase “god from the machine.~~” In modern times deus ex machina~~ has come to ~~describe anyone or anything that seemingly arrives from nowhere~~ to ~~resolve~~ the ~~conflict in a story~~.		Latin for “god out of the machine” or "god from the machine" depending on what refrences you use. The term originated in Greek theaters and was eventually translated into Latin. It came about when a [http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/comedy/intro19.htm mechane] (a crane) would lower a person or persons playing the role of a god or gods to find a solution to a hopeless situation. This formed the phrase “god from the crane” and eventually crane was changed to machine. Lass, Kiremidjian, and Goldstein state that, "Now the term has come to mean any rescuing agency introduced by the author to bring about a desired conclustion, usually without regard to the logic of character or situations" (70).

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Rbennett at 16:08, 23 February 2006

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	Latin for “god from the machine~~,” it~~ originated in Greek theaters and was eventually translated into Latin. It came about when a [http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/comedy/intro19.htm mechane] (a crane) would lower a person or persons playing the role of a god or gods to find a solution to a hopeless situation. This formed the phrase “god from the machine.” In modern times deus ex machina has come to describe anyone or anything that seemingly arrives from nowhere to resolve the conflict in a story.		Latin for “god out of the machine” or "god from the machine" depending on what refrences you use. The term originated in Greek theaters and was eventually translated into Latin. It came about when a [http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/comedy/intro19.htm mechane] (a crane) would lower a person or persons playing the role of a god or gods to find a solution to a hopeless situation. This formed the phrase “god from the machine.” In modern times deus ex machina has come to describe anyone or anything that seemingly arrives from nowhere to resolve the conflict in a story.

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	~~Sources:~~

	[http://www.gale.com/free_resources/glossary/glossary_de.htm#d www.gale.com]		[[Literary Terms]]
	~~[http://www~~.~~urbandictionary~~.~~com/define~~.~~php?term=Deus+Ex+Machina www~~.~~urbandictionary~~.~~com]~~
	~~[http://dictionary~~.~~reference~~.~~com/search?r=2~~&~~q=deus%20ex%20machina www~~.~~dictionary~~.~~com]~~		=== Works Cited ===

			* [http://www.gale.com/free_resources/glossary/glossary_de.htm#d www.gale.com]
			* Cuddon, J.A. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Themes and Literary Theory''. 4th ed. 1999.
			* Lass, Abraham H., David Kiremidjian, and Ruth M. Goldstein. ''The Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, & Literary Allusions''. 1991.

Rbennett at 01:40, 13 February 2006

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Latin for “god from the machine,” it originated in Greek theaters and was eventually translated into Latin. It came about when a [http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/comedy/intro19.htm mechane] (a crane) would lower a person or persons playing the role of a god or gods to find a solution to a hopeless situation. This formed the phrase “god from the machine.” In modern times deus ex machina has come to describe anyone or anything that seemingly arrives from nowhere to resolve the conflict in a story.

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In J.R.R. Tolkein's <u>Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</u> Frodo and Sam (the ringbearers) are trapped on Mount Doom during the eruption. Eagles fly from a distance and proceed to rescue them.

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[http://www.gale.com/free_resources/glossary/glossary_de.htm#d www.gale.com]
[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Deus+Ex+Machina www.urbandictionary.com]
[http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=deus%20ex%20machina www.dictionary.com]