Deus otiosus

Euripides’ Play: Medea Zaid Tabaza Summary: Medea is a sorceress’ whose husband (Jason) betrayed her and married another woman called Glauke (daughter of the king of Corinth). Medea was never the type of woman who would give up and grief for the end of her marriage and her husband’s betrayal, she soon started planning ruthless revenge for her husband, his new wife and the father of his new wife. However, the king orders Medea and her sons to move out of Corinth. Medea reaches out for her husband

Although, these two works differ in genre and setting, the function of the endings are similar in prompting readers to reevaluate the preceding events. Unlike Monkey, Tartuffe uses the plot twist Deus Ex Machina. Deus Ex Machina is an unforeseen force or event that remedies a hopeless situation. In particular, Deus Ex Machina is used in the last scene of Tartuffe. Here, it is revealed that the king knew all about Tartuffe’s actions and plans to arrest him. Even though the play leads you to believe that

known as the “Grimm Bothers”. It was decided the purpose of this paper to consider the Literary Device of this short story. For length sake it was narrowed down to three devices for which are the following: Ad Hominem, Protagonist/ Antagonist, and Deus Ex Machina. In these three devices it will be broken down to explain where each can be seen in the short story. Therefore, it shall be seen that no matter what Death cannot be cheated even if the death himself is the Godfather of a person only so much

coincidences should "appear to have some design associated with them" (Aristotle 49). This design of events was called "deus ex machina." Aristotle stated that deus ex machina should be used carefully to explain "events that lie outside the plot," to announce unknown events to the audience. He believed that action should be resolved through the plot and not be resolved by inappropriate use of deus ex machina by the author (Aristotle 53). In the first scene, the Grandmother explained to Bailey about the escape

effects. One example of this is the deus ex machina. The deus ex machina “was first used in ancient Greek and Roman drama, where it meant the timely appearance of a god to unravel and resolve the plot. The deus ex machina was named for the convention of the god’s appearing in the sky, an effect achieved by means of a crane.” Giovanni Legrenzi’s deus ex machina in his opera Germanico sul Reno was very different from the ancient Greek crane. Legrenzi’s deus ex machina was a mammoth stage machine

Searching deep into one’s heart can liberate the darkest evils that exist within one’s soul. In Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, a sailor, Marlow, resides on a ship with four of his old friends, that he claims are bonded and have stayed close over the years through “the bond of the sea” (Conrad 1). While sailing with his friends, Marlow tells the story of his journey, through the Congo, to retrieve the corpse of his predecessor. Throughout the duration of this journey, Marlow observes

In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, the central action revolves around a murder. John Wright has been murdered by his wife; the sheriff, the county attorney, and a neighbor named Lewis Hale investigate the house for clues to prosecute Mrs. Wright. As the three men search for evidence, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale put together their own clues to find out the reason why Mrs. Wright murdered her husband. In searching for clues, the 3 men constantly put the 2 women down for paying attention to “womanly”

Theodore V. Buttrey defended the role of character Aegeus in Euripides's Medea as being instrumental in helping progress the story from the play’s first and second act. This defense of Euripides, comes in response to critics, including Aristotle, who, having taken poorly to Aegeus’ underdeveloped character and rather suspicious entrance in the play, have gone and criticized the entire structure of Medea. Buttrey, on the other hand, credited Aegeus for acting as the principal red herring that ends

Containing gruesome, meaningful, and thought provoking concepts, Lord of the Flies by William Golding received much criticism for its ending. The way Golding chose to close this story was categorized as a dues ex machina, an ending that does not conclude with satisfaction, and in this case it was a savior figure resolving the deadly situation the characters (a group of stranded boys) were involved in. Though many have agreed Golding’s ending was adventitious, deeper investigation of the novel has

The Latin saying "deus ex machina" was used to initially describe a distinct plot used in Roman and Greek theater. Many Greek and Roman tragedy writers used this device to crazily get to the bottom of problematic plots, which could not be resolved otherwise. At present, the identical phrase is used to describe a fictional problem the place we are awarded with something fully sudden but in addition implausible, which abruptly helps get to the bottom of the plot. The decision in most cases comes within