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deus ex machina| Theatrical device in which a far-fetched or unlikely event resolves an intractable difficulty. The phrase was originally used in classical Greek and Roman tragedy to indicate a god lowered by machinery from ‘heaven’ on to the stage to resolve the plot, which cannot be resolved by the characters within the play. |
| A good example of this device in English theatre is the ending of Shakespeare's Cymbeline. |
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