Three Unities

 Three Unities

Three Unities are the concept of that a drama should follow three rules. These three unities are unity of action, unity of place and unity of time. The unities help to arrange the elements of a work of art in accordance with a single overall purpose. The French classicists culled the three unities from Aristotle’s Poetics. These unities are called classical unities which are as follows:

i.       Unity of action: A play should have one single action or plot and a limited number of characters without unnecessary sub plots.

ii.     Unity of time: All the action of the work should be limited to the two or three hours, or within twenty four hours, or a single day.

Unity of place: The action of the play should cover in a single physical space and should not represent more than one place.