Why did Neoclassicists strive for unity of time?

A. They wanted to promote verisimilitude and
believed it was not realistic to perform something in a
few hours that happened over the course of more
than a day.
B. It was easier for playwrights of the time to write.
C. Unity of time was emphasized in Aristotle's Poetics,
which Neoclassicists revered.
D. Neoclassicists believed that audiences wouldn't
understand that time had passed in a production.

A.

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