How does this incident propel the action of the story? It immediately results in Proserpine’s mother, Demeter, offering to take her daughter’s place in Hades. It pushes Zeus to punish Demeter for neglecting Proserpine and allowing Pluto to seize her. It leads Proserpine’s mother, Demeter, to begin a search for her daughter and to beg the gods to return her. It causes Zeus to punish Pluto for kidnapping Proserpine by banishing him to Hades forever.
Answer:
It leads Proserpine’s mother, Demeter, to begin a search for her daughter and to beg the gods to return her.