He was used to being made fun of.
We know this by him taking this reply in ‘with a sort of humble patience’. This means that he has experienced this kind of teasing - or even bullying before and he is used to it.
Eurydice support the theme by making efforts and having an intention to rescue his beloved from hell.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The theme of the story is that love is a very important and a strong feeling in the life of the human being. Because of the importance, it gives the loved ones to fight for each other and to solve the problems of each others in the bad times.
Having trust and faith on each other is very important in the feeling of love. Eurydice shows this feeling when he makes efforts to solve the problems that his beloved one is going through and get her out of hell.
Sorry what book if its greek mythology i totally can help:)
To create a better image in the reader's mind. The use of imagery creates a better picture when the reader imagines the setting. Since when reading everyone thinks of a different picture imagery helps to create a picture closer to what the author imagined.