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The Pardoners Tale
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The pardoner, in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Pardoner’s Tale,” is a devious character. He is a man with a great knowledge of the Catholic Church and a great love of God. However, despite the fact that he is someone whom is looked at with respect at the time, the pardoner is not ....
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.... money. His technique to fooling people is to preach on the subject of “Radix malorum est cupiditas”. Since his living depends on the people’s response to the sermon, the pardoner must make it both convincing and entertaining: “Thanne telle I hem ensamples many oon / Of olde stories longe tyme agoon / For lewed peple loven tales olde; / Swiches thynges kan they wel reporte and holde,” (435-38). When the pardoner is through with his tale, he does not forget to re.... |
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