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      • l.1-40: The link between The Physician's Tale and The Pardoner's Prologue
      • The Pardoner's Prologue - l.41-100
      • The Pardoner's Prologue - l.101-138
      • The Pardoner's Prologue - l.139-174
      • The Pardoner's Tale - l.175-194
      • The Pardoner's Tale - l.195-209
      • The Pardoner's Tale l.210-300: Gluttony and drunkenness
      • The Pardoner's Tale l.301-372: Gambling and swearing
      • The Pardoner's Tale l.373-422: The rioters hear of death
      • The Pardoner's Tale l.423-479: The rioters meet an Old Man
      • The Pardoner's Tale l.480-517: Money
      • The Pardoner's Tale - l.518-562: Two conspiracies
      • The Pardoner's Tale - l.563-606: Love of money leads to death
      • The Pardoner's Tale l.607-630: Concluding the sermon
      • The Pardoner's Tale l.631-657: Selling relics and pardons
      • Final link passage l.658-680: Anger and reconciliation
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      • Avarice
      • Blasphemy
      • Death
      • Hypocrisy and moral blindness
      • Preaching in the Prologue and Tale
      • Sin and stupidity
      • Youth and age
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The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale Contents

  • Introduction
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  • Author(s)
    • Chaucer, Geoffrey
      • The Chaucer family
      • Chaucer's early years
      • The effect of Chaucer's background
      • Chaucer's court career
  • The context of The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
    • Social / political context Show more
      • The medieval Canterbury Tales
      • The relationship between Church and society
      • Death in society and culture
      • An era of social and economic change
    • Religious / philosophical context Show more
      • Medieval beliefs about sin and forgiveness
      • Medieval attitudes to poverty and wealth
      • The role of a pardoner
      • Pilgrims and pilgrimage
        • More on Thomas Becket
      • Death and mutability
    • Literary context Show more
      • Other writers from Chaucer's time
      • The audiences for which Chaucer wrote
      • Chaucer's style
      • Medieval literary conventions and The Pardoner's Prologue
      • Chaucer's English
      • Chaucer's metre: iambic pentameter
  • Narrative - framing devices in The Pardoner's Tale
    • The General Prologue Show more
      • More on Boccacio and Ovid
    • The narrative function of the Host
    • Prologues
  • The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale synopses and commentary
    • l.1-40: The link between The Physician's Tale and The Pardoner's Prologue
    • The Pardoner's Prologue - l.41-100
    • The Pardoner's Prologue - l.101-138
    • The Pardoner's Prologue - l.139-174
    • The Pardoner's Tale - l.175-194
    • The Pardoner's Tale - l.195-209
    • The Pardoner's Tale l.210-300: Gluttony and drunkenness
    • The Pardoner's Tale l.301-372: Gambling and swearing
    • The Pardoner's Tale l.373-422: The rioters hear of death
    • The Pardoner's Tale l.423-479: The rioters meet an Old Man
    • The Pardoner's Tale l.480-517: Money
    • The Pardoner's Tale - l.518-562: Two conspiracies
    • The Pardoner's Tale - l.563-606: Love of money leads to death
    • The Pardoner's Tale l.607-630: Concluding the sermon
    • The Pardoner's Tale l.631-657: Selling relics and pardons
    • Final link passage l.658-680: Anger and reconciliation
  • Characterisation in The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
    • The Pardoner
    • The Host Show more
      • More on masculinity
    • The Old Man
  • Themes in The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
    • Avarice
    • Blasphemy
    • Death
    • Hypocrisy and moral blindness
    • Preaching in the Prologue and Tale
    • Sin and stupidity
    • Youth and age
  • Imagery and symbolism in The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
    • The Cross
    • Death
    • Deceit
    • Food and drink
    • Money
    • The smooth preacher / salesman
    • Relics, bulls and reality
    • Scatological references and bodily functions
  • Critical approaches to The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
    • The critical tradition
    • Early twentieth-century approaches to literature
    • Approaches in the last thirty years
  • The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale: Approaching essays and exams
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    • Passage-based questions
  • The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale: Resources and further reading
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 (a) The Prologue   Investigate! The Pardoner's Prologue
 (b) The characters in the Tale   Investigate! The Pardoner's Tale
 (c) The Pardoner in The General Prologue   
 (d) Chaucer's style   
 (d)i Chaucer's style - Hints   
 (e) Gothic elements   
 (e)i The Pardoner's Tale and the Gothic: Student worksheet  
 (f) Is it relevant today?  

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