text_original: In other words, she liked self conscious drama, and was attracted to Euripides by his creation of arti? Digitized by VjOOQIC 2l8 MADAME DE STAEL. ficial situations, in which interesting personages had room and leisure to explain themselves. With Aristophanes she was frankly disgusted ; from her didactic standpoint, because of his pro  nounced indecency; and on artistic grounds, because he attacked living individuals instead of creating characters like Tartufe and Falstaff.
text_transcription: IN OTHER WORDS SHE LIKED SELF CONSCIOUS DRAMA AND WAS ATTRACTED TO EURIPIDES BY HIS CREATION OF ARTIFICIAL SITUATIONS IN WHICH INTERESTING PERSONAGES HAD ROOM AND LEISURE TO EXPLAIN THEMSELVES WITH ARISTOPHANES SHE WAS FRANKLY DISGUSTED FROM HER DIDACTIC STANDPOINT BECAUSE OF HIS PRONOUNCED INDECENCY AND ON ARTISTIC GROUNDS BECAUSE HE ATTACKED LIVING INDIVIDUALS INSTEAD OF CREATING CHARACTERS LIKE TARTUFFE AND FALSTAFF
phonemes: ɪn ˈʌðɚ wˈɜːdz, ʃiː lˈaɪkt sˈɛlf kˈɑːnʃəs dɹˈɑːmə, ænd wʌz ɐtɹˈæktᵻd tə jˈuːɹɪpˌaɪdz baɪ hɪz kɹiːˈeɪʃən ʌv ˈɑːɹɾi? dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk tˈuː ˈɛl ˈeɪt mˈædəm də stˈeɪl. fˈɪʃəl sˌɪtʃuːˈeɪʃənz, ɪnwˌɪtʃ ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ pˈɜːsənɪdʒᵻz hæd ɹˈuːm ænd lˈiːʒɚ tʊ ɛksplˈeɪn ðɛmsˈɛlvz. wɪð ˈæɹɪstˌɑːfeɪnz ʃiː wʌz fɹˈæŋkli dɪsɡˈʌstᵻd ; fɹʌm hɜː dɪdˈæktɪk stˈændpɔɪnt, bɪkˈʌz ʌv hɪz pɹˈoʊ nˈaʊnst ˌɪndˈiːsənsi; ænd ˌɔn ɑːɹtˈɪstɪk ɡɹˈaʊndz, bɪkˈʌz hiː ɐtˈækt lˈɪvɪŋ ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəlz ɪnstˈɛd ʌv kɹiːˈeɪɾɪŋ kˈæɹɪktɚz lˈaɪk tˈɑːɹɾuːf ænd fˈɔlstæf.