Sentence examples for unity of time from inspiring English sources

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unity of time

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The classical unity that states that the action of a play should take place over no more than 24 hours

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(Unity of time and place).

These principles were called, respectively, unity of action, unity of place, and unity of time.

There are nights when the theater is truly an Aristotelian unity of time, place and action.

Critics used to believe that plays should have a "unity of time", concentrating the drama into one day.

At the time, Kane's deliberate and controlled explosion of Aristotelian unity of time and place was perceived as being chaotic.

The plays did not attempt to achieve unity of time, place, and action, and therefore they could represent any number of different geographic locations and climates in juxtaposition.

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So you have Greek circumstances to this story, unities of time and place.

The necessity of observing the unities of time and place arises from the supposed necessity of making the drama credible.

Sidney goes further than mere agreement with Aristotle, however, in championing the unities of time and place.

It seemed to me dramatically appropriate to turn back to the classical unities of time, place and action.

Like the French playwright of that name, he is in search of the unities of time and place.

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