In "Hidden", why did everyone react so much when Dai Li died?

Dai Li's death caused such a great response for the following reasons:

Dai Li plays an important role in the play: Dai Li plays a villain in the story, and he has a great influence on the fate of the main characters in the play. So his death will resonate strongly with the audience emotionally.

The audience's emotional input: The drama "Latency" makes the audience have great emotional input for the role of Dai Li. His death made the audience lament the impermanence of life and reflected the complexity and diversity in the real world.

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Plot needs: Dai Li's death is an important turning point of the whole plot, which lays the foundation for the following plot. His death not only made the audience lament the impermanence of fate, but also showed the personal and collective joys and sorrows in the war.

Successful characterization: The successful characterization of Dai Li makes his image in the play vivid and complicated. The audience reacted strongly to Dai Li's death, which shows the success of characterization in the play.

To sum up, Dai Li's death in "Latency" caused great repercussions because he played an important role in the play, and the plot needed such a turning point, and the audience had deep emotional investment in his role. This also proves the successful shaping of Dai Li's role and the attraction of The Latent.