dramatic unities

dramatic unities
noun plural Date: circa 1922 the unities of time, place, and action that are observed in classical drama

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  • Classical unities — The classical unities, Aristotelian unities or three unities are rules for drama derived from a passage in Aristotle s Poetics. In their neoclassical form they are as follows: The unity of action: a play should have one main action that it… …   Wikipedia

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