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Deus ex Machina

Deus ex Machina, literary device introduced in Greek tragedy, whereby the plot of a play is suddenly and unexpectedly resolved by the intervention...

The loose structure of Euripides’s plays also drew criticism. Some of his works contain brilliant detached episodes that do not form coherent units,...

Romanticism (music)

Romanticism (music) ("Carnaval Op. 9: Estrella" by Schumann, from Carnaval - Kinderszenen - Papillons (Cat.# Naxos 8.550076) (p)1987 HNH International, Ltd. All rights reserved.)

It was natural that Romantic composers’ reactions against the Enlightenment ideas of reason and order should have been non-rational and disordered,...

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deus ex machina

- unconvincing character who resolves plot: an improbable character or unconvincing event used to resolve a plot
- god who resolves plot: in ancient Greek and Roman theatre, a god introduced to resolve a complicated plot

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