Probably because audiences were so hyped up about Racine's rival Corneille.

可能是因为观众对拉辛的竞争对手 高乃依 太过兴奋了。

Right away we can see how Corneille is different from Racine.

很快我们就能看出高乃依和拉辛的不同之处了。

Remember how Racine is sublime but not overdone? Well, Corneille has overdone on lock.

还记得拉辛是多么的崇高而又不过分崇高的吗 嗯 高乃依就是做得过分了。

Corneille focuses on men with free will; Racine is interested in women doomed by fate.

高乃依喜欢刻画有自由意志的人 而拉辛则喜欢刻画被命运束缚的女人。

Racine likes simple plots and complex characters, and Corneille is the other way around.

拉辛喜欢写简单的情节和复杂的人物 而科尼尔则恰恰相反。

While he was aware of the neoclassical rules, Corneille never adhered to them as carefully, or as elegantly, as Racine did.

高乃依虽然知道新古典主义的规则 但他从来没有像拉辛那样完全地按照规则进行创作。

He angrily repeated to himself that verse of Corneille which Madame Derville had taught him some days before.

他愤怒地对自己重复德尔维尔夫人几天前教给他的高乃依的诗句。