<span>2. Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of Lakesman Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly.
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Attract, tempt, and seduce
<span>Up into the neck loop from underneath.Down to the left.Around the back of the small end to the right.Up to the center, towards neck loop.Through the neck loop and down to the right.Across the front to the left.<span>Down through the loop you've just created in the front.</span></span>
It's mostly written in 1st person if I remember correctly.
The theme that is supported by the excerpt is that people should indulge their curiosities. From the excerpt, we can infer that Odysseus’s curiosity about the Cyclops is much stronger than this good judgment. It is because Odysseus wanted to see whether the Cyclops had anything to give to him and to his men or not.