How do the actions of Ariadne help further the plot? Cite evidence from the text in your response Without the string that Adriane gave to Theseus to escape the maze it would have been very difficult for Theseus to escape In paragraph 18 “She threw him a great ball of string and he tied one end of it to the entrance. He smiled at her, turned and began to make his way into the maze, the string playing out behind him as he went.”