Pardoners were properly conducted‚ altruistic members of the clergy. The Pardoner Geoffrey Chaucer introduces to the reader‚ however‚ is a “conman” (Brosamer 1)‚ full of lies and deceptions. He spends his time slyly stripping people of their money for fake religious relics. Thus‚ Geoffrey Chaucer
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sins. The pardoner is a clear representation of hypocrisy. He even confesses that he is a fraud motivated by greed and avarice. Throughout his sermon he shows multiple examples that he is a hypocrite. A pardoner is a person who sells pardons or indulgences from the pope. Usually the money goes towards the church to help others‚ but he preaches about the sin of avarice to intimidate members into donating more money so he can use it for him own benefits - usually not something a pardoner would do
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Alex St. Pierre April 15th‚2013 Mrs. Capwell English 12 The Evil Pardoner In The Canterbury Tales‚ the author‚ Geoffrey Chaucer is satirizing many members of the clergy and upper-class who lived in his time period. He wrote his tales in Middle-English in order to allow for the commoners to read it‚ because the people that he was satirizing spoke mostly French. By writing in Middle-English‚ it not only allowed for the lower class to read it‚ but it also allowed for him to be slightly more harsh
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you if someone extracted money from your pocket‚ to waste on something that is of no benefit of you? In the middle ages a Pardoner did so many diffrent things like some worked under the authority of a bishop‚ collected money for the church‚ some preached‚ but mostly were fraudulent and extorted money for their own use. In Geoffrey Chaucer “The Canterbury Tales” The Pardoner is trying to help out his people and trick his people into fundings for his own good‚ which is not a good combination. The
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Multiple ironies in The Pardoner ’s Prologue and Tale: Ironyception The Pardoner ’s Prologue and Tale contain numerous ironies and most of them are within each other. Sort of like a dream within a dream‚ Chaucer weave multiple ironies within the prologue and the tale itself narrated the pardoner to show the hypocrisy of the Roman Catholic Church during his time. Both part of the story has multiple level within in them and only through understanding them can the ironies be appreciated. The most
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well portrayed‚ the one character that is best developed is the pardoner. He sells the Church’s pardons to people who have sinned and seek absolution. He also preaches against sins‚ mostly avarice. Ironically‚ in the prologue to his tale‚ he admits being guilty of that sin and is quite proud of it. His tale is also about greed; in it‚ Death takes three greedy men to their early graves. Observing Chaucer’s description of the pardoner‚ the pardoner’s own confessions about himself‚ and his tale‚ one
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a lot about all of the Pilgrims. The pilgrim that I found the most interesting was the Pardoner‚ which is why I chose to use him for my project. The Pardoner worked for the Church and was despised by many churchgoers. In return for making donations to charitable enterprises‚ the Pardoner was licensed by the Pope to sell papal indulgences. People would give money in exchange for pardons and the Pardoner would then pocket that money. He was a great preacher‚ who preached about all the right
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preaches and the effects that it has on uneducated people‚ but when it comes to applying the lessons to his life he nudges his teachings aside. An analysis of the Pardoner confirms him as the embodiment of the ‘ugly truth’ about people‚ using what means he can to con and lie his way to the pockets of the masses. As a church appointed Pardoner he has thrust upon him the responsibility to establish convincing examples for those who look to him for comfort and direction. Oddly enough he takes the ‘convincing’
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simply earn that wealth became the Pardoner’s daily routine. Much like a devil hidden behind the mask of a savior‚ the Pardoner preaches the very idea of forgiveness that he does not believe in or even takes any interest in. As he is blinded by the avarice for money‚ the Pardoner is characterized as fraudulent yet charismatic with the use of simile and allusion. To which the Pardoner proclaimed‚ he knew of a tale that would reach out to the majority of mankind as most if not everyone had once felt the
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to illustrate to his audience that certain aspects of the church needed to be reformed. The most intriguing of these characters was the Pardoner. Chaucer’s satirical account of the Pardoner is written in a very matter-of-fact manner that made it even more unsettling with his audience. Chaucer uses his straightforwardness regarding the hypocrisy of the Pardoner‚ suggestive physiognomy of the character‚ and an interesting scene at the conclusion of the Pardoner’s Tale to inculcate his views of the
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