He later was to dance Albrecht. Here he was to inspire then dancer Marius Petipa. In the years before La Sylphide, Choreographers had run out of Neoclassical themes. So the move was now away from the heroic and into the fantastical. The simplicity of Pastoral settings also is reflected in the ballet Coppelia.
Man is base.
This was not to change until Nuryev a century later. Also by Coppelia, males were banned from the Ballet stage entirely. Absolute love devoid of sexual fulfillment. This idea was borrowed directly from the world of Opera and parallels operatic singing technique. Note how he is doomed to loose Giselle a second time.