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ok so I don't know the whole story but I'm gonna go with yes, because he knew that he was going to get stung if he hit it once again I don't know the whole story on this but I think it's that one
Emotional response from the audience. Movies pulling at people heart string tend to get more of a reaction from people.
Any other type of reaction. People being scared, lonely, etc.
Also you tend to want to the characters better so they create character arcs.
I honestly have no idea if this answers you question;)