At the beginning, how does the setting of the underworld connect to the theme?
a/it proves that once love is lost you cannot get it back no mater how far you travel.
b/ it shows that orpheus is willing to risk his life in a dangerous place to save eurdyice
c/it shows that even love has a dark, shadowy, untrustworthy side.
d/it shows that even love can't open the gates to the underworld

It shows that Orpheus is willing to risk his life in a dangerous place to retrieve Eurydice

The correct answer is: B) It shows that Orpheus is willing to risk his life in a dangerous place to save Eurydice.

Explanation:

At the beginning of the Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, the setting of the Underworld as a dark and terrible place filled with death and despair served as a connection to one of the themes of the myth: the strength of Orpheus love for his wife and his will to retrieve her. Unfortunately for them, even after his efforts, Orpheus couldn't save his dead wife and she had to remain in the Underworld.

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job