 Some scholars describe the plots as featuring a "deus ex machina" like the ones present in opera seria plots, though the resolution still bore a closer resemblance to the endings of domestic comedies.However, others reject this term because the rescue is carried out through the actions of heroic people, rather than gods.John Bokina describes such endings, rather than as a "deus ex machina," as a "populus ex machina," in which virtuous human beings save the day.