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Deus ex machina
A stage or literary device that represents a last minute salvation of a dicey situation by a god/goddess who’s been watching the plot unfold from afar. In the baroque period, elaborate scenery was devised whereby the deity would descend from above the stage in a cloud or carriage. Amor in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Eurydice is just such a ‘deus ex machina.
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