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The Meaning Behind the Word My mother was a French major, which is where I first encountered the word denouement . In literature, it refers to the final act of a play, the moment when the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. I’ve always thought of life as a kind of play, unfolding scene by scene. Seneca, the Roman Stoic philosopher, wrote: “Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”Epistu