Why does odyssus keep taunting the cyclops

All the Greek heroes, whether they be gods or kings or mortals, have had a flaw in their characters. And they often resulted in deadly retribution by Nemesis. Narcissus was consumed by self-love. Hercules had no control over his anger. Similarly Odysseus had the flaw in character of being a gloater. He felt he was safe on the boat and could gloat at the cyclops from a safe distance. This and such acts of folly have been described as "hubris"  which means an excess of pride" which is what was the character flaw in Odysseus. 

B. alice is pretending there is a way through the glass when in reality that would not be physically possible therefore she has to pretend. but i think d is also possible because alice notices the glass is actually melting away which is also not possible either