LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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The action has to take place at one point in time
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Only actions happening in one point in time should be dramatized
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The entire action of the play should happen within one revolution of the sun
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unity of time means a limited period of time that takes a play to be performed on a stage. The actions of a tragedy were performed in a single day during Greek era. Aristotle also stated that tragedy should be limited to a single revolution of a sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -unity of time: the action in a tragedy should occur over a period of no more than 24 hours. unity of place: a tragedy should exist in a single physical location.
Detailed explanation-3: -• The unity of action: a play should have one. main action that it follows, with no or few subplots. • The unity of place: a play should cover a single. physical space and should not attempt to compress geography, nor should the stage represent more than one place.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to the unity of time, the action of the play should not exceed the length of a natural day. In ‘Macbeth’ the time of seventeen years is covered. The unity of place does not permit visits to distant places for the time limit is a natural day.
Detailed explanation-5: -The two unities most relevant to this play include the unity of action, which says a play should take place in a single geographical location, and the unity of time, which says the action of a play should span no more that 24 hours.