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1 deus ex machina an agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty. Dictionary.com Words of the Day
2 deus ex machina an agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty. Dictionary.com Words of the Day
3 deus ex machina an agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty. Dictionary.com Words of the Day
4 Deus Ex Machina "An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict. The term means ""The god out of the machine"" and refers to stage machinery." All Literary Devices
5 Deus Ex Machina "An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict. The term means ""The god out of the machine"" and refers to stage machinery." Literary Terms Week 5
6 Deus Ex Machina "An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict. The term means ""The god out of the machine"" and refers to stage machinery." Week Six Literary Terms
7 deus ex machina A god who resolves the entanglements of a play by supernatural intervention. AP Vocab - Full List
8 deus ex machina A god who resolves the entanglements of a play by supernatural intervention. AP Vocab 1
9 Deus Ex Machina "An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict. The term means ""The god out of the machine"" and refers to stage machinery." Week Seven Literary Terms
10 Deus ex Machina an agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty Weirdest words of 2006!
11 deus ex machina god from machine Literary Terms of Analysis
12 Deus Ex Machina "An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict. The term means ""The god out of the machine"" and refers to stage machinery." Literary Terms 5
13 Deus Ex Machina "An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict. The term means ""The god out of the machine"" and refers to stage machinery." Literary Terms 7
14 deus ex machina niespodziewanie Latin expressions
15 Deus ex Machina improbable device used to resolve a plot Lit Terms
16 Deus ex machina God introduced by means of a crane English Terms - Drama, Poetry
17 Deus ex machina An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict. The term means “The god out of the machine,” and refers to stage machinery. Taylor's Week 2 Literary Terms
18 Deus ex machina a latin term meaning "the god from the machine"; in ancient dramas, a god would often descend to the stage to rescue the protagonist from doom; thus, this term is used to refer to any power, event, person, or thing that comes in the nick of time to solve a difficulty; also can refer to providential interposition, especially in a novel or play VOCAB 2
19 Deus Ex Machina Greek for "god from a machine",the phrase originally referred to a technique in ancient tragedy in which a mechanical god was lowered onto the stage to intervene and solve the play's problems or bring the play to a satisfactory conclusion, now the term describes more generally "a sudden or improbable plot twist that brings about the play's resolution." literary terms
20 deus ex machina overly simplistic ending to a drama, god from the machine making everything better Greek Theatre
21 Deus ex machina "any surprising turn of events that suddenly makes things turn out right, especially in a literary work. This device is often considered to be an unsatisfying and overly convenient way to end a story."- the phrase literally means "god from a mechane". In the classical greek theater, the mechane was a crane with a harness for an actor. The actor would be lowered from the ceiling and appear to be flying. In many classical plays, a god would unexpectedly appear, flying to earth to solve a seemingly hopeless problem or save the hero or heroine. Allusions
22 deus ex machina an unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot shelnut literary terms
23 Deus ex machina When a random ass person comes in and saves the day Vocabulary Chapter 9
24 deus ex machina the use of gods to solve complicated problems; an unlikely improbable ending to a story line Greek Theatre
25 Deus ex Machina "god from a machine" Greek Theatre Terms
26 Deus ex Machina the employment of some unexpected and improbably incident in a story or play to make things turn out right Lit Crit
27 deus ex machina g-d from a machine SENTENTIA
28 deus ex machina a God from the machine (miracle) Latin #13
29 deus ex machina In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem. AP Literature and Compostion Vocab 2007
30 Deus ex machina Anyone who untangles, resolves, or reveals the key to the plot Lit vocab
31 deus ex machina literally "god from the machine"; in Greek/Roman drama the god lowered to the stage by machinery to resolve the conflict and extricate the protagonist from difficult situations AMND Terms
32 deus ex machina when the Gods intervene AP Lit Terms Test
33 deus ex machina literally “god from the machine”; in Greek/Roman drama the god lowered to the stage by machinery to resolve the conflict and extricate the protagonist from difficult situations. AMND Terms
34 deus ex machina literally "god from the machine"; in Greek/Roman drama the god lowered to the stage by machinery to resolve the conflict and extricate the protagonist from difficult situations AMND Terms
35 Deus ex machina the gods interfere English 205 Literary Terms
36 deus ex machina a divine intervention to help resolve the situation of the plot Writing and Literary Terms
37 deus ex machina a God from the machine (miracle) Lain quotation 10-18
38 deus ex machina an unexpected or improbable characer or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot. poetry
39 deus ex machina (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the entanglements of the plot. World Lit Final
40 Deus ex machina "god from the machine" - improbable rescue from an impossible situation on stage. Lit terms 2
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