ARISTOTLE

3 UNITIES

• Unity of place: requires the play's action take place in a single Locale
• Unity of time: requires the play's action take place in 24hrs or less
• Unity of action: requires the play to dramatize only ond central story

6 ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

• Plot: arrangement of events on stage
• Character: agents of the plot
• Theme: reason playwright wrote the play
• Language: dramatic dialogue
• Rhythm: creates mood. Heart of the play

6 ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

• Spectacle: everything seen or heard on stage
• These are in every play or story

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