What are the principles that make up the neoclassical ideal on which seventeenth-century French theatre was
based?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:Genres
should be firmly restricted to tragedy and comedy, which should not be mixed.
Tragedy should treat royalty and nobles; comedy should treat middle and lower classes.
Characters should behave in a manner appropriate to their social status, gender, and
ethnicity.
All plays should be written in five acts.
All plays should observe the unities of time (take place within twenty-four hours), place
(one location), and action (only one plot).
All plays should uphold "poetic justice" (punish the wicked and reward the good).
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