Read the excerpt below and answer the question. It was about dusk,
one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my
friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much. The man wore motley. He
had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. I was so
pleased to see him that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand.
What is the purpose
of the author's description of Fortunato's clothing?
® Fortunato's dress is described to indicate the role his bells will have in the ending scene.
• Fortunato's dress represents the revelry of the carnival season.
Fortunato's dress is described to show the reader that he had been drinking.
• Fortunato's dress foreshadows his being a fool or buffoon.