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adulteries adventures Andromaque assassin astronomy atmosphere Bajazet become Bérénice birth blood bourgeois Catholic Catholicism century characters childhood Chimène choir-boy Christian civilisation comes contrary created creatures cruelty death deprived Destiny distiches divine drama epoch equivocal Esther and Athalie fatality feel felt French tragedians genius genre giving France Goethe Greeks gymnastics hatred heart Hermione heroes destined heroes of Corneille heroes of Racine heroines hexameters human sacrifice imagination impression incest inspired mind Jansenism Jansenists king language liaison liberty literary existence literature Louis XIV ment metaphors Molière moral motive nature nobility nudity pagan passion peace perfect Phèdre pity plays poetic poetry Polyeucte Polynice precise Pyrrhus Racine began Racine never Racine's Racinian hero realism religion role romanticism romantics Rotrou Roxane sentiment silence simply smile soul spectacle spectator stage STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES talent theatre tion torment tragedy tragi-comedy tragic poets true truth unity verses Vigny writer young Racine