It is also characteristic of both Dickens and Griffith to have flashes of goodness in the morally evil characters, as well as the combination of comical and dramatic scenes. In Great Expectations, for example, the gothic dramatic character of Miss Havisham is mixed with funny characters like Herbert Pocket, we can even find Mr. Wemmick, a character that depending on the situation is comical or cold and serious.

So, things changed radically: based on Dickens, Griffith creates the cinematic narrative system and explores its possibilities, which became a narrative language structured in the manner of traditional literary narrative of the XIX century.
Summarizing, Griffith played a decisive role in the creation of a narrative film system by