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The Pardoner: Chaucer's Religions Diction
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In "The Prologue" from The Canterbury, by Geoffrey Chaucer, the Pardoner rides with the Summoner to the Canterbury Cathedral. As a member of the clergy, the Pardoner appears to be a religious man. Through a respectful, yet condescending tone, concentrations of descriptions, religious diction, an ....
Middle of essay ....iled depiction of the relics, "a pillowcase / … [of ] Our Lady’s veil," "a gobbet of the sail / Saint Peter had," "a cross of metal set with stones," and "a rubble of pigs’ bones," express the importance of these in the Pardoner’s life and that they are actually frauds he sells (714-715,716-717,719,720). The focuses on the Pardoner’s head and the relics he sells express their importance in the Pardoner’s success and life.
Chaucer’s religious diction shows the deception of the relics and the Pa.... |
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