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Originally Posted by Lemurion
But that doesn't work because while the Eagles do save Frodo and Sam they only come onto the scene after the main story problem has been wrapped up. The good guys have already won by that point - now they're just counting the cost. Also with the Eagles having already saved Gandalf twice in the book it's not without precedence or foreshadowing.
It can certainly be described as taking the easy way out, but it's not a full-fledged DEM.
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Hi Lemurion,
Your defintion is correct but it also means
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- In Greek and Roman drama, a god lowered by stage machinery to resolve a plot or extricate the protagonist from a difficult situation.
- An unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot.
- A person or event that provides a sudden and unexpected solution to a difficulty.
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I thought he was referring to "The Hobbit" in the LOTR where the heroes are saved from the trees by the eagles. Then there is also the little bird that just happen to talk and show up at the right moment to tell the humans where to shoot Smog.... Yea the Hobbit was full of them.
In the end by the definition, the eagles where definitely "Deux Ex Machina" as they only show up when convenient from the story to move along
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