Based on the context of the paragraph, I would say A. Before.
<span>Circe advises Odysseus sacrifice six men to Scylla (a six headed monster) rather than risking his entire ship to Charybdis.</span>
The crowd began to cheer. The crowd had dispersed, so they turned toward the only hotel in town. I grabbed a hot dog with sauerkraut at a stand nearby and watched the theater crowd exit the latest block buster show. Her gaze passed over the faces in the crowd across the street.
Miller was fascinated by the Salem Witch Trials<span> and that human beings were capable of such madness.
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