| 单词 | deus ex machina |
| 例句 | The happy end brought about by a divinity, the deus ex machina, is a common device with Euripides alone of the three tragic poets. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At least the texts, while not exactly a deus ex machina, reveal a stark truth: Kareem isn’t the one. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Every Greek drama needs a deus ex machina. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “A deus ex machina, then, in a double sense,” said Dr. Calvin, dryly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I’m still fantasizing that a deus ex machina will descend from the heavens to resolve the situation. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Domingo — who is reprising his star turn as Neptune, a deus ex machina role that marked his first time playing a god — will have two big changes in this revival. The Metropolitan Opera Revives ‘The Enchanted Island’ 2014-02-24T23:05:14Z Played by Mr. Hoch, this unlikely character serves as Mr. Allen’s somewhat desperate deus ex machina, bearing a pie that’s half sausage and half pepperoni along with a few morsels of wisdom. | 'Relatively Speaking': ?Relatively Speaking? at Brooks Atkinson Theater ? Review 2011-10-21T02:01:14Z But Kent speedily dispenses with this mossy deus ex machina: A few scant chapters later, that log rolls off the shelf to bash its deserving victim. Review | In this moody thriller, an abused woman finds an unusual way to exact revenge 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Or maybe the writers would need to rely on a deus ex machina — an unexpected actor that changes everything at the last minute. 2020 reads like a TV script. So we asked screenwriters how it should end. 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z The perverse narrative function of the menace stalking Angela is to swoop in like a deus ex machina, attempting in vain to rescue the play. Review: In ‘Natural Shocks,’ a Storm Is Coming 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z “Hoffman is not afraid to use a healthy dollop of deus ex machina to keep her complicated story moving,” Joanne Ramos writes in her review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Since Barnum proves to be both the plot’s deus ex machina and the deliverer of the novel’s most terrifying speech, we may conclude that Lock expects us to keep an ironic distance as well. Review | Norman Lock’s ‘American Follies’ mines America’s flawed past for dazzling fiction 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z When things seem bleakest for the Titan, Jack has a deus ex machina at the ready: He is a living Professor X with Cerebro capabilities. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3, Episode 8 Recap: Consequences Abound 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The songs and the children are perhaps a little easy as deus ex machina, but their effect is nevertheless cathartic. Review: Play and Loss, and Unusual Rituals of Mourning 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z It is salient to consider what the escape is from the gaslit situation: not a white knight or a deus ex machina, but a witness. From Westworld to Homeland: pop culture's obsession with gaslighting 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Although perhaps a little too much – there was the sense that her character was occasionally used rather too much as a deus ex machina. The Good Wife: a grown-up affair 2011-01-06T12:27:10Z Mr. Bradbury’s intensity gives James a sinister cast, and you wonder if this deus ex machina will bring supernatural trouble. | 'Milk': Emily DeVoti?s Barnyard at Here Arts Center 2010-05-06T21:23:00Z Whether democracy can be saved by vigilantes, a deus ex machina mogul and the Rock is a question for the finale. How ‘Atlanta’ and ‘The Good Fight’ Chose Chaos 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z A sort of inverted deus ex machina, more overture than resolution, “Mosaic” is a fitting coda to Reines’s Exodus, reminding that all stories, all times, are simultaneously unique and common, discrete and continuous. The Apocalyptic Visions of Ariana Reines 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z You could say that the play’s final deliverance is just a kind of deus ex machina, a writer showing his hand to save his rear. Onstage, Paradise for Black Characters Often Comes With a Price 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z It began as an unimpressive, vigilante-style procedural, but gradually began to explore the sinister potential of its deus ex machina. Review: In ‘Minority Report,’ a Case of Precognitive Dissonance 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z The plot is filled with sacred allusions — the Flood, angels, Bethlehem, a crucifixion, a deus ex machina and more — but they’re all skewed. Review | Lydia Millet’s ‘A Children’s Bible’ is a blistering classic 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Although both operas end happily — after deus ex machina appearances by Diana — the sacrifices make for growing and almost unbearable anguish, which touches each character in his or her own way. Review: Iphigenia Travels From Aulis to Tauris (and Back Again) on Brussels Stage 2009-12-16T07:25:00Z Central to the whole piece is a stage within a stage, a vast, fully operational 18th-century theatre, all pulleys, ropes and deus ex machina. Adriana Lecouvreur; Tansy Davies ? review 2010-11-21T00:09:00Z The finale ended with a too-convenient deus ex machina, with a windfall from a federal flood disaster declaration solving the family’s financial troubles. How to Save ‘The Conners’ from Roseanne 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It is coded as “both miraculous and suspect, simultaneously a deus ex machina and a tyrannical intervention” — the antithesis of a “natural birth.” The Many Violations of the Violent Birth Scene 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z An injured American soldier later becomes an awkward deus ex machina figure, condemning the self-serving Giovanni. Review: San Francisco Opera’s ‘Two Women’ Depicts War’s Horror at High Pitch 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Then there’s a deus ex machina that throws into question everything we’ve seen in the movie up to that point. Review: ‘Rosa Chumbe’ Offers Little Hope for Redemption 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The story’s deus ex machina is a tropical cyclone whose crude staging suggests that the weather didn’t cooperate when the time came to film the storm. | 'The Tree': A Tree That Shelters Animal Life and Maybe Even a Dead Parent 2011-07-14T23:23:22Z And then, deus ex machina, the machine starts to work its magic. This almost-but-not-quite-driverless car is smarter than your car 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z "Sometimes at their worst, antihero story lines have a deus ex machina that resolves the story, and it plays as a weird dark triumph in the absence of meaningful experience," adds Lisco. In today's TV shows, we like a little flaw with our heroes 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The answer to the couple’s woes, “Love Story” earnestly suggests, and the only sacrament that could prevent their story from becoming a tragedy, is that trusted deus ex machina of Shakespeare’s comedies: holy matrimony. Taylor Swift, 30-Something, Is Revising Her Own Love Stories 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z There are elements of deus ex machina in the way clues reveal themselves, moments of cumbersome exposition and confusing gaping holes in the story. Mystery Road - Sydney film festival review 2013-06-06T00:54:00Z Zeder employs numerous contrivances, including something of a deus ex machina, to keep the plot popping. Fellowship in wartime, in SCT’s ‘The Edge of Peace’ 2013-03-11T19:08:49Z In Episode 5 we presented Walt purposely with this deus ex machina moment. Vince Gilligan: I’ve never Googled “Breaking Bad” 2012-07-23T20:47:00Z The unexpected, unadvertised solution which kisses it all better is known as a deus ex machina – literally, a god from the machine. Pratchett attacks Doctor Who 2010-05-04T13:50:00Z Mr. Glover’s role as the self-styled deus ex machina, Murray, who is more like Lucifer ex machina, is undeniably meaty in its exuberant nastiness. | 'The Atmosphere of Memory': ?The Atmosphere of Memory? at Bank Street Theater - Review 2011-10-31T02:02:00Z Suspension of disbelief is always needed with Adamsberg, but in this case a deus ex machina at the book's climax may be too much even for fans. Crime fiction: a new Ian Rankin hero and nightmares from Joyce Carol Oates 2011-11-09T22:55:06Z Travers’s books, the image of this floating woman — a deus ex machina who mysteriously, magically arrives in the most delightful way — still resonates in the Disney-nurtured cultural imagination. ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Review: A Truck Full of Sugar Can’t Make This Uplift Go Down 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z In Mr. Wadsworth’s production, the liberation by the British is a deus ex machina act that made the final chorus ring hollow. Santa Fe Opera Sets ‘Fidelio’ in a Concentration Camp 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Murray’s deus ex machina drop-ins are an attempt, in Edwards’s formulation, “to make real life more like the movies.” This Season’s Best Books on Hollywood 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Wolves Dogged instruments of deus ex machina…or deus ex canine, as it were; just when one of the characters is about to get it, woof, these handsome creatures appear to save the day. Lame of Thrones 2012-07-24T17:05:00Z That might have been that, had a deus ex machina not intervened in the form of Ann Ziff, the chairwoman of the Met board. An Operatic Love Story Starts Off on a Sour Note 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Doug and his family call upon their faith as a kind of invisible parachute, a deus ex machina that can always save them from harm. ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ Review: Faith as Flight Insurance 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Freddy lords over all these productions, “the demonic deus ex machina of my tattered time and place.” Review | James Ellroy’s new novel is an unabashedly retro tale of Hollywood’s sordid side 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z And Lord of Misrule is the name of “a shiny black beetle of a horse” who arrives in this book’s last lap, just in time to serve as deus ex machina for a dramatic finale. Books of The Times: Some Time at the Races, With Luck and Change 2010-12-01T22:57:00Z And it would feel a little deus ex machina if the reason Cassie makes massive strides to clean up her life were for a child, instead of for herself. Kaley Cuoco Thanks You for Flying With ‘The Flight Attendant’ 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The engine driving the plot — apart from the biblical apocalypse, which is as literal a deus ex machina as you could wish for — is Jay’s jealousy. Movie Review: ‘This Is the End,’ With Seth Rogen and James Franco 2013-06-11T18:01:14Z The outcome of the tussle is still very much in doubt when something totally unexpected occurs: the proverbial deus ex machina appears out of nowhere and brings the battle royale to a surprising conclusion. I missed a crucial moment in Jurassic World. Have I misjudged every movie? | Joe Queenan 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z He likes to make movies where the little guy is up against it, where the small fry are going to need a champion, a deus ex machina. Hey, cowboy 2010-04-25T23:06:00Z When Seven and Raffi figure out a way to transport assimilated crew members off the bridge using phaser rifles, it’s quite the deus ex machina. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Series Finale Recap: Saying Farewell 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z As for the ending, Beethoven’s original deus ex machina — virtue rewarded, evil punished — was referred to as a relic of a better time, but not something possible in the real world. Perspective | Reexamining opera, one classic at a time 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Ricardo Tamura's Bacchus descends from on high like a veritable deus ex machina and sings robustly, but is not seductive enough of tone or demeanour to be God's gift. Ariadne auf Naxos - review 2010-10-12T21:00:00Z Phrases like “character arc” and “fan-service” and “deus ex machina” were bandied about. Stop the nitpicking! This season of Game of Thrones is miraculous 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z As the threat of extortion mounts and the president’s petulance rises to meet it, Buckley resorts to a deus ex machina and then a dense expositional epilogue. Can Political Satire Outpace Reality? 3 Books Toss Their Hats in the Ring 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Near the end she reaches for that ubiquitous deus ex machina, the ironically intended pop song. Jen Rosenblit and Vanessa Anspaugh Perform at Live Arts 2012-02-20T15:26:04Z In the novel, he's deus ex machina; in the movie, he's fodder. Rereading Stephen King: week three – The Shining 2012-06-22T11:32:40Z With its wall-to-wall chattering and screaming, and a fiery deus ex machina, “Bug” sounds like the stage play it is. Movie Review: ‘Killer Joe,’ Directed by William Friedkin 2012-07-26T17:03:26Z Some people like to trot about the phrase “deus ex machina” when complaining bitterly about Doctor Who resolutions. Doctor Who recap: series 34, episode 10 – In the Forest of the Night 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Keep your deus ex machina out of my spy fiction! Why Seth Meyers Loves Having Authors on His Show 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z They should be mindful of Ava’s status: the deus ex machina who might emerge as a dea, a goddess from a machine. Ex Machina: Can Two Wily Men Outsmart a Gorgeous Robot? 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “Perhaps the deus ex machina here is AI.” LinkedIn bets on skills over degrees as future labor market currency 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z While many of us continue to worry about how we might indeed destroy ourselves and our planet, incredible numbers put their trust in the ultimate deus ex machina. Opinion: How a misreading of the Bible fuels many Americans' apathy about climate change 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z You know the markers: the quaintly named characters whose destinies match their monikers, the hammer-to-the-head foreshadowing, the dreaded deus ex machina. Eleanor Catton follows a messy, Booker-winning novel with a tidy thriller. That's a shame 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “The bulk of the wells are producing from plays where there is no hope of another deus ex machina,” Purvis said, referencing nearly depleted oil fields. Oil giants sell thousands of California wells, raising worries about future liability 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z So abandon all hope, Republicans, of some deus ex machina. Opinion | It’s time for Republicans to save themselves 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The ending depends on a perverse kind of deus ex machina that some readers will consider too melodramatic. Review | Tracy Flick is back — and she’s tired of losing 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z While financial struggles are instantaneously cured by a deus ex machina, the emotional toll of such a daunting task is hardly acknowledged. Review: 'Cheaper by the Dozen' is not a bargain at any price 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z That could be great for society but potentially harmful for investors by removing the virus as a deus ex machina that has helped to make market conditions ideal. After Another Great Year for Stocks, Peril Lingers 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “I called her the deus ex machina adviser,” says Cynthia Rudin, a Duke computer scientist who is one of her former Ph.D. students. The Godmother of the Digital Image 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Since ancient history, the “unnatural” quality of the cesarean has made it both miraculous and suspect, simultaneously a deus ex machina and a tyrannical intervention. A Personal History of the C-Section 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z And finally, a deus ex machina moment in the form of a blind date in West Hollywood with a South African-born filmmaker named Melissa Cohen. Column: Hunter Biden tells a harrowing tale of addiction in his new memoir 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z “Draghi is like a deus ex machina figure,” said Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform. Mario Draghi will be Italian prime minister. On the agenda: covid, an economic crisis and raising Italy’s profile in the world. 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z When faced with such ambiguity, deus ex machina is perhaps a tempting literary fix, but what is the value of such a device? ‘Memories of Korea, sharp like splinters’ flesh out Sumi Hahn’s debut novel, ‘The Mermaid from Jeju’ 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z To its credit, though the movie presents itself as a fairy tale, it offers no deus ex machina, just a sincere promise that “It gets better.” Review: Lessons of self-acceptance in 'The True Adventures of Wolfboy' 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z It wraps things up neatly with something like a statement about class conflict but its dependence on a deus ex machina gag to do so feels very uninspired. Review: In 'Get Duked!,' a deranged trip across the Scottish Highlands leads nowhere 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Was this kind of deus ex machina inevitable? Perspective | How literature can mirror our complicated desires 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z A canonical example, dating back to Greek literature and philosophy and foundational to Western thought, science, and civilization, is deus ex machina. Tech barons dream of a better world — without the rest of us 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The Great Recession was not caused by a deus ex machina or a stroke of bad luck - it was caused by some fundamentally poor choices made by Wall Street. What 2008 recession can teach us about this one 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “He did reach it,” a voice interjected like some unanswerable deus ex machina. World Cup questions: Were England robbed by Argentina at Mexico 86? | Barney Ronay 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z But the deus ex machina of an overwhelming public health crisis has changed things. How COVID-19 is changing public perception of big tech companies 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z This will be a deus ex machina test of Trump’s authoritarian behavior. Opinion | Trump Makes Us Ill 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z In a perverse deus ex machina, this time surfacing from the bowels of the stage, Lev Parnas was this week’s man of the moment. Opinion | Thanks to Trump, we are living in a world of sleaze 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Sad to say this fine, slightly chancy line was decided by something else besides these moments of skill; tipped one way, albeit not decided, by another key intervention from football’s own flawed deus ex machina. VAR to the fore despite excellence of goals in Liverpool’s victory 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z And in the end, when a villain gets the drop on our hero, Tacoma is saved by the sudden appearance of his mentor in an amateurish, deus ex machina conclusion. Review: ‘The Russian’ is a preposterous thriller 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z For years, people have hoped that Mueller would swoop in like a “deus ex machina” with blockbuster charges against the president. Liberals, it's time to forget the Mueller-fuelled impeachment fantasies | Nathan Robinson 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z It was the death of the deus ex machina — the hope that a G-man of mythic abilities would decisively intervene on the side of good and save the honor of the country. Opinion | Mueller wasn’t our savior. We are. 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z In addition to falling for Pavlov, we consider the deus ex machina, the father’s secret crematorium, inherited by Pavlov, consisting simply of some propane tanks, piping and a thick metal door. Review: A love note to Beirut and a lament for war — Rawi Hage's latest is a hell of a story 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z For one side, the special counsel was a bête noire, a leader of a witch hunt; for the other, Mueller was a deus ex machina who would end the political disruptions of Trumpism. The Long Shadow of the Mueller Report 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z In ancient Greek theater there was a famous storytelling device known to posterity as the deus ex machina. Is the Trump-Russia political drama over? Not at all: Bill Barr's ending fell flat 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Cuomo appears to exert near-total control over the agency, and some doubt whether his latest deus ex machina was in fact the right move. For 250,000 Daily Riders on the L Train, Transportation Purgatory 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In this story there will be no magical deus ex machina moment where the story is neatly resolved for the benefit of the hero and the audience. Sex, lies and videotape: Is the Trump drama nearing its climax? 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z “Lordy, I hope there are tapes” is almost a prayer, a call for a deus ex machina to cut through political distortion and establish reality at last. Nothing Proves You Right Like Getting It on ‘Tape’ 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “The Oath” backs itself into an impossible corner, and then relies on a deus ex machina to escape the bind it's in, backing away from saying anything interesting or provocative. Review: 'The Oath' makes an unpleasant stew out of Thanksgiving and politics - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z But because the preceding five chapters have been so insular, concerned with the white evangelical world, this solution has the feeling of deus ex machina. Blinded by darkness: How evangelicals put Donald Trump ahead of Jesus 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z What if, instead of climate change or nuclear winter, we were delivered that deus ex machina? Letter of Recommendation: Asteroid Day 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The stroke felt like some cheap deus ex machina, but I was grateful for the opportunity it gave us. A Father’s Lesson: Keep the Spirit Level 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z He’s been pulling the strings the entire season, a literal deus ex machina. Westworld Spoilers Club season 2, episode 6: Phase Space 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Despite that history, some of the countries in the region were hoping for a quick fix from the United States — “the deus ex machina that solves everyone’s problems,” Hanna said. Mideast allies pressed Trump to ditch the Iran deal. Are they ready for what’s next? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z When Thor is a literal deus ex machina in the battle for Wakanda, he and Captain America use the brief reprieve to poke fun at changes in their hair, faces, and otherwise. How Avengers: Infinity War uses humor to solve its story problems 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z If there was a slightly deus ex machina quality to McGlothlin’s arrival Wednesday morning, it was fitting. Philanthropist Jim McGlothlin is thinking big in his next golf fundraising venture - Golf Digest 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Or did he somehow leave his own consciousness in the computer systems of Delos, Inc., turning him into a literal deus ex machina? Westworld’s first new major surprise leads to more questions than answers 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Ironically, the only remaining hope seems to be that the Swedish king will enter the stage like a deus ex machina. Scandal in Sweden: Nobel prize for literature faces #MeToo moment 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z This conveniently justified the Obama era’s historic slow growth as an inevitable deus ex machina, and Mr. Summers’s policy advice was for government to borrow more money to spend on public works. Thank You for Tax Reform 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s not that they think the algorithm is some deus ex machina that’s going to instantly solve the important and difficult problems of refugee resettlement. Could an algorithm help find the right place to resettle refugees? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z A driverless deus ex machina might seem to spare governments some difficult decisions. Why driverless cars may mean jams tomorrow 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Autonomous cars are not a deus ex machina; current driving-safety programs must not be compromised. The 11.26.17 Issue 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Image: HBO At this moment, we get our second ridiculous deus ex machina of the night, but who on earth is going to complain? The Game of Game of Thrones: season 7, episode 6, Beyond the Wall 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Throw in the deus ex machina of a magical helmet, and she’s instantly crying and laughing again. In the Japanese film Happiness, a technological fix for sadness just makes life worse 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z And no deus ex machina on the horizon. Opinion | Is SafeTrack’s conclusion ‘the end of the beginning’ — or worse? 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z While some became important characters in their own right, the large majority added little to the plot, and tended to function merely as a handy deus ex machina for Booth or Brennan’s personal issues. Perspective | ‘Bones’ is not a great show. I watched it for 12 years anyway. 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z And here’s where the deus ex machina drops down: our landlord-to-be never checked our credit. The scariest thing about marriage? Coming clean about my debt | Allison Landa 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z As a practical matter Trump's campaign has reached the point where he needs to rely on a deus ex machina to save his chances. Written In the Polls 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z The Trump campaign may be hoping for some sort of deus ex machina game-changer — more embarrassments from the Clinton emails, say, courtesy of Russian hackers or WikiLeaks. This campaign could get worse — a lot worse. Here’s why. 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z His campaign is increasingly forced to rely on deus ex machina wildcards to shake up the campaigns fundamentals in his favor. Trump's Political Patron 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z In London, the situation seemed as unsettled as ever with disparate hopes Brexit might somehow still be avoided through a veto from Scotland or other "deus ex machina" miracle. European leaders scramble for a solution to 'Brexit' crisis 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Just when things looked most awkward, a deus ex machina arrived onstage in the surprising form of Russian President Vladimir Putin. A rosy-eyed view of Obama’s foreign policy from an administration loyalist 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z And there's still plenty of time left for a deus ex machina event to scramble the electoral calculus, either boosting Trump or crippling Clinton. The Big Fail 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z That isn’t Trump, who favors deus ex machina entrances, like his ride down Trump Tower’s gilded escalator when he announced his run last year. 8 Moves Donald Trump Has to Make at the Convention 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Maybe the Sanders camp is holding out for a law-enforcement deus ex machina. New York Values Trump 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z The legal proceedings are now thrown into limbo while the deus ex machina technique is tested. The Encryption Meltdown 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Flanagan hangs about a dozen Chekhov guns on the wall, which diminishes the payoff of each, and the deus ex machina shenanigans he pulls are obnoxiously typical. SXSW horror flick Hush is coming soon to Netflix — but you’ll wish you saw it in a theater 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z And deus ex machina is a plot device in bad novels, not a viable strategy. Clinton should prepare to fight dirty against Trump 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “Sandy was the deus ex machina of it all,” Albright said. Sandy Berger, national security adviser under President Clinton, dies at 70 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z We envision a deus ex machina—a mechanical or metaphysical figure who reaches out of the heavens to alleviate tragedies and dispel controversies. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: How We Relate to God Should Be How We Treat Our Planet 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z If you’ve never played Destiny, Dinklage provided the voice for your Ghost, a sort of floating robot spirit guide / deus ex machina that guides your trip. My brief, intense love affair with Destiny 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Here is a deus ex machina to get the plot rolling. Hannibal recap: season three, episode 12 – The Number of the Beast Is 666 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z A deus ex machina is needed, and happily a precedent exists. The New Slow-Growth Normal and Where It Leads 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z And so economies advance, thanks not to any deus ex machina but rather to self-interested innovation – in this case, an idea designed explicitly to reduce poverty. Why Ending Poverty May Require an Entrepreneurial Approach 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z And as such it’s just not going to be a deus ex machina for the Greek negotiators. Greek Claims Of War Reparations Are Stupid According To The German Economy Minister 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z That is the deus ex machina, the god that will solve everything,” he said. An Excess of Sunshine, a Paucity of Rules 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The most notable fly in the ointment for the GOP and the deus ex machina for the Democrats is the vaunted voter identification and turnout operation that the Democrats are known for. For Democrats It's Either Turnout or Burnout 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z What ensues is that strangest of kickoffs, a deus ex machina beginning. In A Satisfying, Vengeance-Filled Season 5 Premiere, A 'Walking Dead' Mainstay Gets His Hands Dirty 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Carbon is becoming both the bête noir and the deus ex machina of our civilization, depending on whether it is in the form of carbon dioxide, hydrocarbon fuels, or carbon nanotubes! Vinton G. Cerf: The Value of "Investment by the U.S. Government" Cannot Be Overstated 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z It was only a deus ex machina that saved Mexico from wreckage. In World Cup, Mexico Believes Anything Can Happen After Rough Road to Brazil 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The difference between the Syfy channel and real life is that there’s no deus ex machina plot device that saves the world. Americans, Obama and the EPA Are Ready to Take on Global Warming 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z No deus ex machina will arrive to rescue the middle-class society, either. Plutocracy without end: Why the 1 percent always defeats the middle class 2014-03-30T11:00:00Z Short of a deus ex machina, the crisis engulfing Greece will only be resolved when its debt load is somehow forgiven. Greece tries to fix economy with cabinet reshuffle amid strikes and protests 2013-06-26T18:02:05Z Palestinians aren't waiting for a diplomatic deus ex machina to try to live a normal life. Insight: Palestinian street boils at plight of prisoners 2013-03-07T07:00:15Z Democracy is a contest between alternatives, not a deus ex machina stroke from the lords in black robes. Op-Ed Columnist: A Choice, Not a Whine 2012-07-03T03:44:58Z Better to choose one’s own destiny than to be dependent on a glowing deus ex machina, she concludes. The Real Hero Of Mass Effect Explains How - And Why - The 'Reject Ending' Works 2012-06-28T15:04:07Z For fans angry about the basic composition of the ending, more explanation probably isn’t going to help solve the deus ex machina or disconnected feeling in the current ending. Details on Upcoming Mass Effect DLC May Have Surfaced on Reddit 2012-06-11T17:50:10Z Ten years ago, with a degree of hubris, the euro’s creators depicted their invention as a panacea, a deus ex machina conjured forth with little public consultation. Letter From Europe: Signposts of Europe's Imperfect Union 2012-06-04T10:40:09Z This was, indeed, a deus ex machina—the only and least thought of expedient that could have saved me from my embarrassment. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Undoubtedly, she possesses the exclusive power of producing these portentous feats; but they cannot materialize except with the co-operation of an unknown agent, some deus ex machina. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The burden of proving that the deus ex machina of a spiritual entity intervenes somewhere, and where it intervenes, clearly lies upon those who make the assertion, or who need the hypothesis. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z We shall probably have to look to you as the deus ex machina to prescribe a solution. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z As in "The Maid of Honor," eloquence is the deus ex machina which solves the difficulties of the plot. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z With the fall of the Andradas the Conservative party returned to power, and a reactionary parliamentary government, with the Emperor as a sort of regulating and controlling deus ex machina, was definitely installed. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z We can’t wait for magicians or a deus ex machina to do the work for us.’’ Papandreou Says Europe’s Crisis Agreement Buys Greece Time 2011-10-28T10:56:02Z Her mother appeared as the deus ex machina. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z For my own part, I see no reason to call in the rheumatic diathesis as a deus ex machina to explain the frequency with which sciatica follows comparatively trifling peripheral impressions like that of cold. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z They had thought that, like a deus ex machina, he would put all things right in a wonderful—a magical way. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Both were playing at cross purpose, and it was not until the Hotel Commissionaire, the deus ex machina, so to speak, appeared upon the scene and interposed, that the matter at issue was satisfactorily adjusted. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z The gratified Inglese gives a bountiful reward; he is not the first of his race who has acted as the deus ex machina of a love-play on an Italian stage. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z After all, you may prove the deus ex machina, and through the poor little lad may be able to lay a healing touch on the mother's sick soul. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z The delightful Hezekiah must, then, have impressed herself upon the deus ex machina of the Asolando on her brief day there, thus to have won this recognition. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z The deus ex machina, as the god who ends some of the plays is called, was often warranted or required by the plot which called for a conventional ending. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The deus ex machina method seems to them fundamentally unsound, and so it is. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z The deus ex machina had failed to appear. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Mrs. L., however, who was constantly taking the part of a deus ex machina in Miss J.'s affairs, succeeded in persuading her to keep both the hair and the picture. The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z The contrasts, though striking, are harsh and coarse, and the compensations dealt out by the deus ex machina leave the moral sense wholly unsatisfied. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Chief engineer of the Antoinette Works and deus ex machina of the type. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z Given her desire to foster intercultural exchange, Ms. Wong Davies, too, was not eager to criticize the last-minute bureaucratic deus ex machina. Lustful Opera, Censored for Content, Befuddles Chinese 2010-10-25T18:06:00Z Is there a deus ex machina, a device that will rescue the rich world from its plight? Buttonwood: Old-age tension 2010-10-14T11:20:00Z He says the techies “seem to want a deus ex machina to make everything right again.” In the Singularity Movement, Humans Are So Yesterday 2010-06-12T18:27:00Z Two devices have become common phrases of reproach against him—the prologue and the deus ex machina. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z And all indications are that, barring any deus ex machina, it will be a long and painful road for us. The task appears Sisyphean. But don't write Greece off 2010-05-06T20:30:00Z Admittedly, some of the theatre's past technology was cutting-edge, such as the carriage that delivered the deus ex machina or the wonderful systems of ropes and pulleys used to deploy scenery. Theatre: bring back the trapdoor drop | Alexis Soloski 2010-04-01T11:05:00Z Whether he proves a Democratic deus ex machina or not, Mr. Cuomo will be unable to keep quiet for much longer. For Cuomo, Spotlight Suddenly Grows Hotter 2010-02-27T01:44:00Z If we are cynical, we may say that, being young, Billy was not averse to the rôle of deus ex machina; perhaps a thought of friendly gratitude was not lacking. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus He drags in the notion of God from nowhere in particular, and uses him as a deus ex machina. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Hence a deus ex machina has to be evoked, who, like all such gods, cuts the Gordian knot in bungling fashion. Maria Edgeworth A tall order one calling for a deus ex machina with a vengeance.... Triplanetary From this dilemma Kropotkin has endeavoured to extricate himself, in the fashion of certain celebrated examples, by invoking a deus ex machina. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory The deus ex machina must appear and solve the preliminary or theoretic difficulties by overriding them. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 No—the Master 172 doesn’t kill him, they fight, he is wounded, and the Master plays deus ex machina. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) The singer, �tienne le Roy, was again the "deus ex machina," coming from heaven and returning thither, in the character of Mercury mounted upon a gigantic bird. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 That deus ex machina from below the stage retired, unconscious of the imminent catastrophe he had averted. Audrey Craven The comet is the deus ex machina; whenever one comes to a difficult question in cosmography, a comet is lugged in. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras But a deus ex machina suddenly descended upon the scene in the unwonted form of an indignant nation. England and Germany Yes, it is heard of, but only in connection with one form which the longing for the miraculous deus ex machina takes. China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference Following this menial, a veritable deus ex machina, X. was led down those palatial steps and up another flight round the corner. From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India This tiny deus ex machina has straightway tackled the angry monster, with all the fearlessness of a child, has struck it twice in the face, in a most business-like manner, has piped 'Diam! In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula Clearly, if they were not to remain where they were until dawn, there was need of a deus ex machina. Anthony Lyveden The Spaniards of Molina's day may not have minded the clumsy deus ex machina, but later writers have been able to make nothing of it. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Our deus ex machina was far ahead with General Shafter by this time, and it was only our mule that saved us from ultimate discomfiture. The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898 The point of real importance is that he is not saved in a downward course by the intervention of some deus ex machina, some orthodox counter-charm. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' Curious, when he came to think about it, how the Runkle had in both cases played the part of deus ex machina. The Love Affairs of Pixie He was glad to see the turn the conversation had taken, and hoped that a deus ex machina had appeared. The Nebuly Coat I believe that in the end Marchetto will be the deus ex machina who will pull us out of all our difficulties. Paul Patoff It had come so quietly upon the scene—a deus ex machina, indeed, dropped from the clouds between us and our prey. The Long Roll From that time on he refused to be looked upon as the deus ex machina of the town. Civics and Health After a pro-German party had won out in favor of war, he says, a deus ex machina in the shape of an indignant nation descended upon the scene. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History It seems to me, also, that the velocity of light through space is the deus ex machina in Einstein's physics. Fantasia of the Unconscious They seem to come, like the deus ex machina of the Roman poet, to cut the Gordian knots that perplex statesmen and bewilder nations. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy A form of divination in which a suspended bolo, especially a consecrated one, takes the part of the deus ex machina is described in the chapter on divination. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir In the ancient drama it was deus ex machina that came in at the end to solve the problems of the play. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries They were inconsistent with their humanism in their doctrine of a personal God who was not only remote but separated from his universe, a deus ex machina who excluded the idea of immanence. Preaching and Paganism "He was a deus ex machina to me—I quite jumped at him, I assure you!" The Palace of Darkened Windows First of all, science by definition avoids the �deus ex machina� assumption. Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy For upon this morning, fortune threw me into the way of a fellow who had been in my class at the University, who was to be my deus ex machina. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment In it the intervention of the bishop as deus ex machina is a quasi-external element, because not sufficiently motivated in the preceding development. Sword and crozier, drama in five acts "I am the deus ex machina," he said. The Keeper of the Door A crisis has always arrived which requires a deus ex machina. Past and Present I suppose the Howler could spare me for a fortnight, now that I have converted the Press Commissioner, your new deus ex machina for the obstruction of news. Mr. Isaacs No, if something had gone wrong or had not yet evolutionized it was only for the moment and need cause no philosophical deus ex machina any uneasiness. The Reason Why Finally, since this broken state of things is intolerable, the absolute deus ex machina is called on to mend it in his own way, since we cannot mend it in ours. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy But she had nothing welcome for those whose idea of consolation is the promise of a deus ex machina by whose help they may gather grapes of thorns and figs of thistles. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Patience conquers all things, if one lives long enough, and at length even Wagner's innumerable woes were solved by the appearance of a veritable deus ex machina let down from heaven. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Fortunately, at about the time when Darwin's Descent of Man was published, there had come into Princeton University "deus ex machina" in the person of Dr. James McCosh. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom When the plot of the Ep. is getting hopelessly tangled, of a sudden it is magically resolved as by a deus ex machina and everybody decides to "shake and make up." The Dramatic Values in Plautus Because the names of finite things and their relations are disjoined, it doesn't follow that the realities named need a deus ex machina from on high to conjoin them. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy Since a god was only introduced at a critical moment to help the distressed hero, the phrase, "deus ex machina," came to mean a god who rendered aid. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems Geoffries looked shyly at this strange deus ex machina, troubled by perplexing considerations. The Native Born or, the Rajah's People Then the inevitable deus ex machina, in this case God Himself, intervenes, and Justice is again enthroned. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Enter Beverly Plank—the girl's rescuer at a pinch—her preserver, the saviour of her "face," the big, highly coloured, leaden-eyed deus ex machina. The Fighting Chance But there was always a deus ex machina for us when we were in trouble. Our Hundred Days in Europe Capable at all times of using a deus ex machina as the readiest way of solving a situation, Mrs. Haywood here makes immoderate use of magic elements. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood Such seemed now the only deus ex machina that could extricate the Southern army from disaster; and a crushing defeat at that time would have had terrible results. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee But finally Mademoiselle grows weary and returns to her machine, where the gallant and attentive gentleman previously referred to patiently awaits her—deus ex machina in more senses than one! Affairs of State Fortune has brought a deus ex machina upon the scene.' Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 In the unravelling of his plots and the dénouement of his situations, he is driven too willingly to the deus ex machina. The School for Husbands This tail is a mysterious deus ex machina that directs all the thoughts of the Nassik Brahmans pro and contra. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan But I had one defence left, which came to my aid, tanquam deus ex machina. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Let us pass from abstractions to possible instances, and ask our obliging deus ex machina to frame for us a richer world. Meaning of Truth He assured me that you were the deus ex machina, though he obtained the machine itself, and rode sixty miles to rescue me from my dragon. Number Seventeen Like an embarrassed dramatist he escapes from the knot which he has tied by introducing the deus ex machina. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth He was on his knees, whining for forgiveness, when the little sweep, like a deus ex machina, alighted suddenly in the middle of the hearth, and surprised him in his abject and ridiculous posture. Prince Eugene and His Times Dear Aunt 'Gina," she said; "you know you loved coming; because you enjoy a mystery, and like being a dear old 'deus ex machina,' at the right moment. The Rosary The precursor is the deus ex machina of evolution. More Hunting Wasps They are in a sense religious, because there is usually a supernatural power, a deus ex machina, of some sort to cut the knot of the problem. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Was the uninvited guest the deus ex machina who was to help him, Desmond, out of his present perilous fix? Okewood of the Secret Service "The marquis is a real deus ex machina," exclaimed she. The Daughter of an Empress The fact is, meanwhile, that, in the riddle story, the detective was an afterthought, or, more accurately, a deus ex machina to make the story go. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American Nor do we behold a deus ex machina who is certain to do all that is mild and just. A Miscellany of Men The decisive incidents seem to be brought in like the deus ex machina of the later Greek drama. The Unseen World and Other Essays He descends like a deus ex machina, whenever a tangled problem demands a swift solution. Gaudissart II Finding, however, that no known human agency had acted in the matter, they bethought them of introducing, to account for things, a deus ex machina in the shape of the devil. The Soul of the Far East But the ill-concealed bladery of the machine, the present machinery of Fate, the deus ex machina, so to speak, was against him. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll It is the deus ex machina who, by suspending that resistance, makes the fall of the curtain an immediate necessity, since drama ends exactly where resistance ends. Mrs. Warren's Profession |
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