In reading the criticisms which were occasioned by the dramatic productions of the age of Louis XIV, one is surprised to remark the great stress which the public laid on the probability of the plot, and the importance which was attached to the perfect consistency of the characters, and to their doing nothing which could not be easily explained and understood.
Luis XIV.aren mendeko antzezlan dramatikoek sortarazten zituzten kritikak irakurtzen direnean, harrigarria gertatzen da publikoak egiantzarekiko zuen estima handia, eta zelako garrantzia ematen zion pertsonak-beti bere buruarekin bat etorriz-erraz esplikatu eta ulertzeko modukoa ez zen gauzarik ez egiteari.