After Shakespeare, Charles Dickens is the writer in English whose effect on the world’s readers transcends the apparent limits of literature and so teaches us that imaginative invention itself can be a form of life. Together with The Pickwick Papers, A Christmas Carol seems as though it has always been there, just as Hamlet and Falstaff give us the strong illusion they did not require Shakespeare’s art to have awarded them life.
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Academic Studies English - Reading Comprehension: Drama
Drama is another form of narrative writing which uses plot, character, setting, and theme to present a story. It is, however, different from other forms or genres because it is never meant solely to be read by an individual; plays are written to be acted before groups of people. Unfortunately, we don’t always have access to the live performance of plays, so many times we have to be satisfied with reading the script, or the words in a play.
