# Racine — The Theory of Moral Sentiments character guide

> Racine in The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0048-i-of-the-influence-of-custom-and-fashion-upon-our-notions-of-beauty-and-deformity

## Who they are

French playwright referenced in discussions of propriety.

## In the story

### [I: Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion Upon Our Notions of Beauty and Deformity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_theory_of_moral_sentiments_se/chapters/i-of-the-influence-of-custom-and-fashion-upon-our-notions-of-beauty-and-deformity)

Mentioned as an example of French tragic verse, which uses the same meter as burlesque in English, illustrating how custom associates different sentiments with the same poetic form.

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