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Deus ex machina

noun

Any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty.

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"Deus ex machina" Quotes from Famous Books

... wheel; but a productive spinning, as the revolving of the universe may be called a productive spinning, a productive repetition through eternity, to infinity. And this is the Godmotion, this productive repetition ad infinitum. And Gerald was the God of the machine, Deus ex Machina. And the whole productive will of man was ...

— Women in Love • D. H. Lawrence

... in the first scene of Amph. (203 ff.), turgidly describes the battle between the Thebans and Teleboans, he is parodying the Messenger of tragedy. Another echo from tragedy is heard at the end of the play, when Jupiter appears in the role of deus ex machina.[116] ...

— The Dramatic Values in Plautus • William Wallace Blancke

... moved into her anchorage with that gentle strength which in a large steamer seems to indicate that she is thinking about it and doing it all herself. For in these days there is no shouting, no call of boatswain's whistle; and the ordinary observer hardly notices the quiet deus ex machina, the ...

— The Grey Lady • Henry Seton Merriman