Daphnis is depicted as often crying to remind the audience of his young age and naïveté and emphasize Daphnis and Chloe’s frustration and confusion as they first feel the pangs of love. The youth of the characters negates any silliness or stupidity that might come across in the characters’ inability to figure out love. Daphnis’s innocence encourages the audience to sympathize with him and fosters the psychological appeal of the underdog. Daphnis “burst into tears” (54) after delivering his testimony in court, thereby “[making] the villagers feel extremely sorry for him” (54) and, consequently, the audience. The audience roots for Daphnis not just in this situation, but in any which hindrances him, not only to resolve the problem but to find love because perhaps that is the solution to his emotional turmoil. Many occasions of Dahpnis’s crying are spurred by a lack of understanding of what is happening and, therefore, a helplessness to fix it. After falling into a pit, Daphnis “waited in tears” (25) because he could not solve the situation himself and needed assistance. This parallels the primary obstacle impeding Daphnis and Chloe’s union: they have “never even heard the word ‘love’ used” (27), do not know what they are experiencing, and have no idea what to do about it.