Literary influence of Hamlet a production of "Hamlet" at its core but also dwells on parallels between the Ghost and Wilhelm Meister's dead father. In the early 1850s, in "", Herman Melville focuses on a Hamlet-like character's long development as a writer. Ten years later, Dickens' "Great Expectations" contains many Hamlet-like plot elements: it is driven by revenge actions, contains ghost-like characters (Abel Magwitch and Miss Havisham), and focuses on the hero's guilt. Academic Alexander Welsh notes that "Great Expectations" is an "autobiographical novel" and "anticipates psychoanalytic readings of "Hamlet" itself". About the same time, George Eliot's "The Mill on the Floss" was published,
Kim Dickens Kim Dickens Kimberly Jan Dickens (born June 18, 1965) is an American actress. Her film debut was a supporting role in the 1995 comedy film "Palookaville". Dickens had lead roles in the films "Truth or Consequences, N.M." (1997), "Zero Effect", and "Mercury Rising" (both 1998). She had several supporting roles in films, such as "Hollow Man" (2000), "House of Sand and Fog" (2003), "The Blind Side" (2009), "Gone Girl" (2014), and "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" (2016). On television, Dickens had regular roles in the drama series "Deadwood" (2004–2006, 2019), "Treme" (2010–2013), and "House of Cards" (2015–2017). She starred