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ACT Reading 2.3 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the narrator's beliefs about revenge?
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- 00:03
Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by revenge. A dish best served cold... or
- 00:09
hot and deep-fried if you're needin' some comfort food.
- 00:28
Which of the following best describes the narrator's beliefs about revenge?
- 00:42
The narrator believes that wrongs can be corrected, or redressed, by getting revenge, but that
- 00:47
the redress doesn't count if the avenger is caught and punished.
Full Transcript
- 00:58
So, we're on the hunt for the answer choice that reflects this hardcore attitude.
- 01:04
(C) is totally wrong. Forgive and forget? Yeah, right. That's the opposite of our
- 01:07
revenge-driven narrator's philosophy. It's the narrator who wants revenge, not
- 01:12
Fortunato, so we can nix choice (D). Our narrator is not about getting punished at all.
- 01:17
Choice (A) can be eliminated as well. Answer (C) sums up the narrator's philosophy
- 01:21
that it's OK to take revenge on somebody as long as you don't get caught.
- 01:27
Sounds like a good basis for a stable society to us; what could possibly go wrong?
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