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ACT Reading 2.7 Prose Fiction. How does the narrator persuade Fortunato to come with him when they meet in the street?
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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Fortunato. The Italian version of Wheel
- 00:07
of Fortune.
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How does the narrator persuade Fortunato to come with him when they meet in the street?
- 00:27
Based on the outrageous outfit Fortunato is wearing, these guys are already in the midst
- 00:30
of a street carnival.
Full Transcript
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Choice (D) is incorrect. The narrator does mention a pipe, but in this
- 00:36
case it's not the kind that's smoked. He's referring to a kind of wine barrel called a pipe.
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Even if we're not wine snobs, we can figure this out because the narrator refers to a
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pipe of Amontillado which we know is wine not a pipe of tobacco. (B) is out of the running.
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We're getting warmer now. Choice (A) recognizes the fact that they're talking about wine,
- 00:57
but the narrator doesn't actually offer to buy Fortunato anything.
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(A) doesn't quite make the cut.
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And here it is. The narrator does tell Fortunato he needs help deciding whether or not the
- 01:06
wine he bought is genuine Amontillado. This lures Fortunato by playing on his pride.
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We all know pride cometh before a fall. But so does wine.
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