I think I speak for most people when I say that all these Deus Ex Machina make us feel a little uncomfortable when they happen. It doesn’t have to necessarily be a character, but it can also be an accident, a natural phenomenon, an explosion… something that happens suddenly and that wasn’t present in the plot initially. When the actors were faced with a problem or a conflict, a crane (machine) introduced another actor from outside the scene, usually some deity or divine figure (God), to solve this problem and thus allowing the plot continue.Ĭlearly, nowadays we don’t turn to Gods or cranes, but the term is used to refer to those moments in which the scene is solved through an element external to the plot. Deus Ex Machina comes from Latin and means “God from the Machine”, and it’s an expression usually used in Greek and Roman theater. Let’s start by explaining what we are talking about. Deus Ex Machina, that narrative resource that many people hate more than clichés… Poor Deus Ex Machina, it’s not its fault if people don’t know how to use it, neither when it’s used to solve those situations that are impossible to solve.
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