The plot and coincidence certainly has to be considered deus ex machina. the amazing things that occur out of no where can not just be coincidence, it just happens to often. it is amazing it all wraps together in the end, but there are to many twists and turns to just be coincidence
I think it definitely is possible based on the context of the story. During that time period, the French monarchy really feared Napoleon. They would do anything to halt his advances. Even wrongly imprisoning a honest man
I think a lot of the story is fate. Dumas's captin dying and him being entrusted with the letter is fate. Also when he is arrested and brought to villefort who happens to be the son of Nortier who the letter was soppouse to go to is definetly fate.
To me the story is fate. When Dantes' captain dies, it is fate that he become captain. It is his fate for him to go to jail and be tutored by his 'father' from Italy. Then he gets the treasure and takes revenge on his enemies for putting him in jail....It is all faith!
Fate has a lot to do with what happens in the story. When Dantes' captain dies it is fate that he gets the job and inherits the letter. That letter led him to jail which was his fate becasue so many people or out to bring him down.
It would have been a little too much coincidence if it had not been for the fact that Dumas had painstaking set up several side stories that explained the reason for the incidents that would otherwise seem to be the result of deus ex machina.
The plot and coincidence certainly has to be considered deus ex machina. the amazing things that occur out of no where can not just be coincidence, it just happens to often. it is amazing it all wraps together in the end, but there are to many twists and turns to just be coincidence
ReplyDeleteI think it definitely is possible based on the context of the story. During that time period, the French monarchy really feared Napoleon. They would do anything to halt his advances. Even wrongly imprisoning a honest man
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of the story is fate. Dumas's captin dying and him being entrusted with the letter is fate. Also when he is arrested and brought to villefort who happens to be the son of Nortier who the letter was soppouse to go to is definetly fate.
ReplyDeleteTo me the story is fate. When Dantes' captain dies, it is fate that he become captain. It is his fate for him to go to jail and be tutored by his 'father' from Italy. Then he gets the treasure and takes revenge on his enemies for putting him in jail....It is all faith!
ReplyDeleteFate has a lot to do with what happens in the story. When Dantes' captain dies it is fate that he gets the job and inherits the letter. That letter led him to jail which was his fate becasue so many people or out to bring him down.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been a little too much coincidence if it had not been for the fact that Dumas had painstaking set up several side stories that explained the reason for the incidents that would otherwise seem to be the result of deus ex machina.
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