ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Jean Racine

Jean Racine was a very smart man from a long time ago who lived in France. He was really good at writing plays, which are like stories that people act out in front of other people. His plays were usually about things that happened a really long time ago, like kings and queens and their families.

Racine wrote his plays in a special way that was really cool. He made sure that the characters in his plays spoke in a special way that made them sound like they were in a royal family. They talked really fancy and used big words that most people don't use every day. That made them sound really important.

Jean Racine wrote a lot of famous plays that people still read and act out today. Some of his famous plays are called "Phedre," "Andromaque," and "Britannicus." Even though he lived a really long time ago, his stories and plays are still really important to people today.