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Great literary works retain their popularity as a result of many different factors. One such factor which can lead to popularity of a work, current or consistent discussion of a work's merits, can come into play when an author or playwright leaves questions unansw ....

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.... of fighting / That would not let me sleep" (5.2. lines 4-5). This lack of restraint leads to 's unpredictable mood swings throughout the play. 's relationship with Ophelia easily spawns such dramatic alterations in the prince's attitude. For example, when first suspects Ophelia acts only as the pawn for Polonius's ploys, he reacts rashly, bitterly denying that he ever loved her. "You should not have believed me, for virtue cannot so / inoculate our old stock, but we shall relish of it. I loved / you not" (3.1.117-19). This massive reversal in disposition is later contrasted by another reversal when leaps into Ophelia's open grave at her funeral to d ....