What is the fine-grained topic of the following text: Martin Steinmann defines the convention as follows: "If X, Y, and Z are characters in Elizabethan drama [or French classical, as my example shows], if X calumniates Y to Z, and Z, without proof or serious investigation, credits (that is, believes) X's calumnies, then we may not interpret Z's crediting them as a . Only return the topic.
Interpretation of Character Behavior in Elizabethan Drama and French Classical Drama