The Pardoner
This is the Pardoners Job
What is selling indulgences?
The rioters set out to kill this
who is death?
The gold represents this
what is temptation/greed
the pardoner says he preaches for this reason
what is for money, not souls
The pardoner is preaching against greed while being greedy himself is this literary device.
what is irony?
He admits he is motivated by this.
what is greed/money
This old man tells them where to find death
who is the old man?
Death in the story symbolizes this.
what is the result of sin
the rioters swear an oath to do this.
what is kill death?
The three rioters represent more than just characters; they stand sinful humanity.
what is allegory?
These fake holy object he sells are called this
what are relics?
Death is actually found under this?
what is a tree
The old man may represent this stage of life.
what is old/mortality
The pardoner admits he tells the same sermon for this reason.
what is to earn profit?
The gold coins stand for wealth and temptation.
what is symbolism?
The pardoner preaches against this the most
what is greed/avarice?
how the two older rioters kill the youngest
what is stabbing?
The main moral of the tale.
what is greed leads to destruction?
what is he is guilty of the sin he preaches against?
“Greed is the root of all evil‘ is repeated to emphasize the message.
what is repetition?
The pardoner’s physical description suggests this about his character
what is that he is morally corrupt/untrustworthy
How the two older rioters die
what is drinking poisoned wine?
Chaucer uses the pardoner to show this church problem
what is corruption in the church?
Radix Malorum est cupiditas
What is Greed is the root of all evil?
Death being treated as a person the rioters can hunt is this device?
what is personification