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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Latin, meaning "god out of the machine." The expression comes from ancient Greek drama, where the plot device would be the character of a deity, lowered with a machine onto the stage to intervene in human affairs. <br />
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Nowadays the expression is employed more figuratively, for any device used to bring about a magical resolution of the plot (or plot twist), although in SF authors who place an emphasis on [[technology]] sometimes equate machines with deities.<br />
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'''''Deus ex machina''' endings.''<br />
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==External Links ==<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina Wikipedia entry on deus ex machina]<br />
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[[Category:Plot devices]]</div>Ide Cyan