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    Heros in stories are often invincible, if not juggernauts; Deus ex Machina makes sure of that. In real life, by contrast, has no author that can pen the hero in for an exemption of death. War though, in any case, works to the disadvantage of everyone, and doesn’t get that much accomplished. Most soldier’s hands are dirtied at some point, and most people are, to a greater or lesser extent, deal with the mire of the most uncouthly of endeavours. People who come back from war, still with the hope that

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    interesting to note at this point, Euripides employs deus ex machina to save Medea from the consequence of her crimes through the escape in Helios’s dragon chariot. Jason is hence left on stage alone and appears to be completely defeated emphasised by the image of a triumphant Medea in the chariot. He is left childless and his bride gone along with his dreams of power. Euripides hence effectively builds up to this scene through the application of the deus ex machina and the handling of Jason’s character

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    God is the almighty power so God is not told what to do, He chooses what he does. Saint Anselm through his story Cur Deus Homo and Dante through his story Divine Comedy talk about the incarnation of Christ to show the almighty power that God holds. God makes all his decisions for the benefit of the people and does what He feels is best for them. In Dante’s Paradiso and in Cur Deus Homo by Saint Anselm they show that his decision of incarnating Christ was a necessary one for the people of the world

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    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a futuristic, first person shooter, rpg. This game is a sequel, but can stand alone due to a 13 minute recap of the previous installments. It is heavily choice based meaning the player’s choices have an impact on how the plot plays out. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is worth buying because it is a fascinating game with plenty of replay ability. Within the first 5 minutes, the game gives you a choice that can make a play through significantly different from others. What this

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    safe travels, for instance, Odysseus’ long voyage. Many prayed for him to return unharmed. Overall, Homer’s purpose of creating the Odyssey was to connect mythology to readers’ lives by using Deus ex Machina. By doing so, this Epic Poem remains significant in all societies. Found in the Odyssey, Homer employs Deus ex Machina in the citizens when praying for safe travels. Athena approaches Telemachus and converses about the return of his father, she announces: It is easy for a god to bring a man

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    stated obviously in the title, there is an overwhelming amount of social commentary within the game. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided uses cinematic and literary to show the video games social commentary. It starts off with a cut scene using long shot, extreme long shot, pov, etc. and later progresses to character development; that are all explaining every important event that played along to its role . “Deus Ex: Mankind Divided”, is taken place in the United States, the game is all in all a story for the power

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    on the rise (Chill 155). The entire play revolves around ideals concerning religion, and is a critique on the everyday acceptance of religious authority and control. Through the manipulative relationship of Tartuffe and Orgon, as well as the abrupt deus ex machina ending, Moliere sets a challenge to society’s blind faith in religion therefore embodying the Neoclassical idea of reason versus passion. Until the end of the play, Orgon is under Tartuffe’s complete control and suffered great humiliation

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    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

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    Eve’s Apology: Analytical Essay The lines 809 – 840 of Amelia Lanyer’s poem “Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum” is an argument for why women should have an equal place in society to men’s. The poem is actually a piece of proto-feminist writing using religious examples as a way of getting across the message of equality between the sexes. Lanyer uses examples from the Bible to explain how Eve is not at fault for women having a lesser place in society and why males should have a religious motivation for women

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    novel with little to no lead up by Austen. Although the marriage of Marianne and Colonel Brandon could be the result of a slow burning love that grew between the two characters, it is actually the result of a swift and unlikely ending to the novel, a deus ex machina. Marianne has consistently shown romanticized ideas about love from the start of the novel on through her heartbreak with Willoughby. She even declares herself that her ideas of the perfect man are so high and

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