Can someone break this down for me? I’ve read explanations and I’m not grasping it. An example would be great. Cheers y’all
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A Deus Ex Machina is some plot device which solves a problem in a story nearly miraculously. Usually it’s not mentioned before it happens.
The most ELI5 example of a Deus Ex Machina has got to be from The Cat in the Hat. They spend the whole day tearing up their parents house and making messes and the fish is SURE they’re all going to be in trouble forever, then right before the parents get home, the Cat in the Hat gets his cleaning machine to clean up all the evidence of their shenanigans with seconds to spare. Nobody mentioned this machine throughout the whole story, nobody knew how they were going to avoid getting in trouble, but this machine comes out of nowhere and saves the day.
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