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Odysseus is prevented from killing the sleeping Cyclops by his men, who are afraid of the Cyclops’ power.

Civil liberties are freedoms that are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, while civil rights are the rights of all citizens to be treated equally.

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales. The work is a collection of 24 stories told by various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London, England.

In 1773, the Boston Tea Party occurred when American colonists, who were upset about paying taxes to the British government, boarded three British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into the water.

Oedipus killed his father to avenge his death and to prevent him from remarrying his mother.

The novel is set in early Victorian England and follows the life of Pip, an orphan who, through a series of events, finds himself in possession of a large fortune which he uses to try and improve his social status.

The Parliament played a very important role in the events that led to the Boston Tea Party. They were the ones who passed the law that allowed the British government to tax the colonists without their consent. This was one of the main reasons that the colonists were so angry and decided to take action.

The Roman Empire was one of the largest empires in history. But, in the end, it was its own size and complexity that led to its downfall.

The play tells the story of a young woman who defies the king’s edict that her brother, who died fighting for the losing side in a civil war, is not to be given a proper burial. As a result, she is sentenced to death.

Napoleon became a hero in France through his military successes and his implementation of the Napoleonic Code.