Deus ex Machina - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Imladrien · 02-26-2003, 07:24 PM

After thinking a bit more about it, maybe Eagles do qualify as Deus ex Machina in individual books, The Hobbit, for instance.
"The Eagles! The Eagles are coming!" is an eucatastrophic moment. Tolkien even wrote about it as such in Letter#89.
The concept IS a slippery one! You are so right, Littlemanpoet!
--Imladrien

02-26-2003, 07:24 PM	#20
Imladrien Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 21	After thinking a bit more about it, maybe Eagles do qualify as Deus ex Machina in individual books, The Hobbit, for instance. "The Eagles! The Eagles are coming!" is an eucatastrophic moment. Tolkien even wrote about it as such in Letter#89. The concept IS a slippery one! You are so right, Littlemanpoet! --Imladrien