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Divine retribution
In theology, divine retribution is a punishment by a higher deity.
Some object to this idea, since it views the deity as an enforcer searching for rule-breakers to punish, but it exists in virtually all major religions.
Divine retribution is the driving force of Shakespeare's War of the Roses tetralogy, comprising the plays 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III, in which the Houses of York and Lancaster are made to atone for the sin of deposing a rightful king, Richard II.
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