This document discusses the three unities of drama - unity of time, place, and action. It provides examples of how different playwrights approached these classical unities. It notes that Aristotle defined the unities as having the drama take place within 24 hours, in one location, and with one plot/action. While Ben Jonson followed the unities closely, Shakespeare often violated them by spanning multiple days or locations in his plays like Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. The document examines how different critics like Dryden viewed the unities over time.