Deus Es Machina

[john]

hi... anyone care to give an explanation to the title. i have an assignment on that topic and im new here in this site

[flowperson]

Welcome john !

It's been a long time since high school latin classes, but I believe it refers to G-d in a machine or behaving as a machine. I believe it infers a pre-modern view of reality based upon mostly classical theories, which were, of course, valid in their day.

Have fun here...lots of good people here with good things to say.

flow....

[Vajradhara]

Namaste john,

welcome to CR, enjoy your stay


this may help:

Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that is used to describe 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 (e.g., having the protagonist wake up and realise it was all a dream). The phrase has been extended to refer to any resolution to a story which does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and is so unlikely it challenges suspension of disbelief; allowing the author to conclude the story with an unlikely, though more palatable, ending. In modern terms the deus ex machina has also come to describe a person or thing that suddenly arrives and solves a seemingly insoluble difficulty. While in storytelling this might seem unfulfilling, in real life this type of figure might be welcome and heroic.

The notion of deus ex machina can also be applied to a revelation within a story experienced by a character which involves the individual realizing that the complicated, sometimes perilous or mundane and perhaps seemingly unrelated sequence of events leading up to this point in the story are joined together by some profound concept. Thus the unexpected and timely intervention is aimed at the meaning of the story rather than a physical event in the plot.

The Greek tragedian Euripides is notorious for using this plot device.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina

metta,

~v

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by Vajradhara

Namaste john,

welcome to CR, enjoy your stay


this may help:

Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that is used to describe 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 (e.g., having the protagonist wake up and realise it was all a dream). The phrase has been extended to refer to any resolution to a story which does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and is so unlikely it challenges suspension of disbelief; allowing the author to conclude the story with an unlikely, though more palatable, ending. In modern terms the deus ex machina has also come to describe a person or thing that suddenly arrives and solves a seemingly insoluble difficulty. While in storytelling this might seem unfulfilling, in real life this type of figure might be welcome and heroic.

The notion of deus ex machina can also be applied to a revelation within a story experienced by a character which involves the individual realizing that the complicated, sometimes perilous or mundane and perhaps seemingly unrelated sequence of events leading up to this point in the story are joined together by some profound concept. Thus the unexpected and timely intervention is aimed at the meaning of the story rather than a physical event in the plot.

The Greek tragedian Euripides is notorious for using this plot device.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina

metta,

~v

If I may add a bit: Deux ex machina also referred to a wholey mechanical stage production (no living actors), often created by such minds as Mechanicus. The entire production would be run off of pulleys, ropes, sand, pebbles, timing pegs, and often would run for up to an hour. The visual and sound affect so stunned the audience that there must be a "god in the machine". Also used to describe a live actor who played a god being lowered down to the stage (by a hidden crane) to save the day, hence the "god in the machine"

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