Macgregor main purpose in providing the quote is to

MacGregor’s main purpose in providing the quote is to explain why only the upper classes could afford to drink tea.

Explanation:

Express his viewpoint on the importance of drinking tea often. illustrate how celebrities preferred their tea with sugar and milk. support his statement that people locked away their tea like it was a drug.

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.