dramatic unities
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of dramatic unities
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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If anything, Wales capped the lot by flamboyantly fulfilling the dramatic unities with even more resplendent brio with the breathtaking solo try by Scott Gibbs.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2013
The "aet" bit, didn't it, tied up the dramatic unities with a voluptuous curtain-call?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013
The Fugitive, The Rock, The Long Kiss Goodnight satisfy the dramatic unities while kicking beaucoup butt.
From Time Magazine Archive
The composer projected a vast structure containing twelve stages; all the stages would simultaneously present action set in the past, present or future, thus abolishing the traditional dramatic unities of time and space.
From Time Magazine Archive
That's a different story and a different century," said Clovis; "the dramatic unities forbid one to lay a scene in more than one century at a time.
From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki
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