Thursday, 4 June 2015

What are the examples of deus ex machina in the last act of The Man Who Came to Dinner?

Ollie Kertzmann, M.A.

There are three examples of deus ex machina in the third act of The Man Who
Came to Dinner
, namely, the arrival of Banjo, the appearance of a mummy case, and
Sherry recognizing a photograph.

Deus ex machina is a literary device that
allows a person or item to solve problems that might otherwise go unsolved. It is usually
contrived and improbable.

Three instances of deus ex machina appear in the
last act of The Man Who Came to Dinner and work together to resolve the
problems of the characters in the play. Without the occurrence of these improbable events,
things would not have worked out for...

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