Louis XIV appreciated the arts during his reign in France. His influence upon the theater, music and dance became important for the history of the arts. During his reign he created dance steps for the ballet, helped traveling drama teams, and also discovered several play writers. Among the many included the discovered play writer, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, who went by his stage name of Moliere. Moliere helped developed the “genre of comedy” (Fiero). Moliere became successful in this new style of comedy which he helped create. He would use comedy to “bring to life the comic foibles of human society” (Fiero). His plays used comedy to mask the “hypocrisy of polite society” (Fiero). Many of the people in his audiences became offended because