The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale Contents Guide Recent The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale Contents Introduction Timeline Images 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 TaleSocial / political contextThe medieval Canterbury TalesThe relationship between Church and societyDeath in society and cultureAn era of social and economic changeReligious / philosophical contextMedieval beliefs about sin and forgivenessMedieval attitudes to poverty and wealthThe role of a pardonerPilgrims and pilgrimageMore on Thomas BecketDeath and mutabilityLiterary contextOther writers from Chaucer's timeThe audiences for which Chaucer wroteChaucer's styleMedieval literary conventions and The Pardoner's PrologueChaucer's EnglishChaucer's metre: iambic pentameterNarrative - framing devices in The Pardoner's TaleThe General PrologueMore on Boccacio and OvidThe narrative function of the HostProloguesThe Pardoner's Prologue and Tale synopses and commentaryl.1-40: The link between The Physician's Tale and The Pardoner's PrologueThe Pardoner's Prologue - l.41-100The Pardoner's Prologue - l.101-138The Pardoner's Prologue - l.139-174The Pardoner's Tale - l.175-194The Pardoner's Tale - l.195-209The Pardoner's Tale l.210-300: Gluttony and drunkennessThe Pardoner's Tale l.301-372: Gambling and swearingThe Pardoner's Tale l.373-422: The rioters hear of deathThe Pardoner's Tale l.423-479: The rioters meet an Old ManThe Pardoner's Tale l.480-517: MoneyThe Pardoner's Tale - l.518-562: Two conspiraciesThe Pardoner's Tale - l.563-606: Love of money leads to deathThe Pardoner's Tale l.607-630: Concluding the sermonThe Pardoner's Tale l.631-657: Selling relics and pardonsFinal link passage l.658-680: Anger and reconciliationCharacterisation in The Pardoner's Prologue and TaleThe PardonerThe HostMore on masculinityThe Old ManThemes in The Pardoner's Prologue and TaleAvariceBlasphemyDeathHypocrisy and moral blindnessPreaching in the Prologue and TaleSin and stupidityYouth and ageImagery and symbolism in The Pardoner's Prologue and TaleThe CrossDeathDeceitFood and drinkMoneyThe smooth preacher / salesmanRelics, bulls and realityScatological references and bodily functionsCritical approaches to The Pardoner's Prologue and TaleThe critical traditionEarly twentieth-century approaches to literatureApproaches in the last thirty yearsThe Pardoner's Prologue and Tale: Approaching essays and examsExam essay questionsPassage-based questionsThe Pardoner's Prologue and Tale: Resources and further readingFurther readingWebsitesWorksheet downloads The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale Images Tweet Recently Viewed The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale » Images now Scan and go Scan on your mobile for direct link.
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