Paragraphs: Pardoner's Tale
The Pardoner’s Tale Prologue introduces us to an unscrupulous representative of the Church who openly accepts “donations” from “sinners” in exchange for absolution with signed papal indulgences, and sells phony relics supposedly from saints, such as animal bones, to ward off the devil. He admits to his fellow travelers that these relics are in fact fake and the church papers not always legitimate. With a sermon that never varies, expounding on the evils of greed and covetousness, vices he himself practices, he admits to his companions that his only motivation is personal monetary gain.
“My theme is alwey oon, and evere was—
Radix malorum est Cupiditas”. (333--334)
He tells his tale of three young Dutchman who drink and revel. He goes into a rant into various vices: gluttony, drunkenness, gambling, and swearing, which he denounces as a graver sin than homicide. He then returns to the tale of the Dutchman. They hear that a friend was murdered by Death and vow to avenge him. The three go looking for this murderer, finding an old man who directs them to a tree. There they find a bunch of gold instead of Death. One of them hatches a plan to get the gold to town under cover of night and sends the youngest to fetch bread and wine. The two left devise a plan to kill the third upon his return in order to keep all the gold; the other in town has the same thought and puts poison in the wine. Upon his return from town he is ambushed and killed by the the two, who then drink the wine and find Death themselves.
“My theme is alwey oon, and evere was—
Radix malorum est Cupiditas”. (333--334)
He tells his tale of three young Dutchman who drink and revel. He goes into a rant into various vices: gluttony, drunkenness, gambling, and swearing, which he denounces as a graver sin than homicide. He then returns to the tale of the Dutchman. They hear that a friend was murdered by Death and vow to avenge him. The three go looking for this murderer, finding an old man who directs them to a tree. There they find a bunch of gold instead of Death. One of them hatches a plan to get the gold to town under cover of night and sends the youngest to fetch bread and wine. The two left devise a plan to kill the third upon his return in order to keep all the gold; the other in town has the same thought and puts poison in the wine. Upon his return from town he is ambushed and killed by the the two, who then drink the wine and find Death themselves.
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