With her enigmatic expression which seems both alluring and aloof, the Mona Lisa, marked by many as Leonardo da Vinci's most significant work has intrigued people for centuries. Likewise, Hamlet, also marked by many as William Shakespeare's most significant play, has interested multitudes as an equally enigmatic character.
Like the Mona Lisa that has been repeatedly scrutinized, admired, copied, and parodied, Hamlet, too, has been analyzed and reanalyzed by critics and psychologists alike (e.g. Sigmund Freud contended that Hamlet had an Oedipus Complex); it has been copied and parodied, just as has the Mona Lisa. Certainly, both are quintessential works in their genre.
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