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Which unity of time does The Way of the World adhere to?
Which unity of time does The Way of the World adhere to?
- The entire play taking place in a month
- The entire play taking place in a single day (correct)
- The entire play taking place in a week
- The entire play taking place in a year
What is the deliberate violation of classical principles in The Way of the World?
What is the deliberate violation of classical principles in The Way of the World?
- The deliberate violation of the unity of time
- The deliberate violation of the unity of place (correct)
- The deliberate violation of the unity of action
- The deliberate violation of the three unities
What is the four-part formula that the plot construction of The Way of the World adheres to?
What is the four-part formula that the plot construction of The Way of the World adheres to?
- Setup, confrontation, climax, and resolution
- Protasis, epitasis, catastasis, and catastrophe (correct)
- Exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution
- Introduction, rising action, climax, and resolution
What does the compression of time in The Way of the World result in?
What does the compression of time in The Way of the World result in?
Where is Act I of The Way of the World set to establish a sense of the artificial 'world' of the play?
Where is Act I of The Way of the World set to establish a sense of the artificial 'world' of the play?
Congreve's The Way of the World has a strong unity of place adhering to classical principles.
Congreve's The Way of the World has a strong unity of place adhering to classical principles.
The entire plot of The Way of the World revolves around Mirabell.
The entire plot of The Way of the World revolves around Mirabell.
Act II of The Way of the World is set in a fashionable Restoration setting.
Act II of The Way of the World is set in a fashionable Restoration setting.
The setting of The Way of the World shifts to the confines of a room in Lady Wishfort’s house for the remaining three acts.
The setting of The Way of the World shifts to the confines of a room in Lady Wishfort’s house for the remaining three acts.
The compression of time in The Way of the World results in a crowding of events.
The compression of time in The Way of the World results in a crowding of events.
