How does dionysius's cruelty affect the plot of this story?

-it causes damon and pythias to say they are each willing to die for one another, creating the rising action of the story.

-it creates the inciting incident in the story when pythias's criticism of dionysius's cruelty leads to pythias's arrest.

-it causes fear in the people of the city of syracuse, creating tension in the story.

-it leads to the imprisonment of damon, which creates the climax of the story.