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The Pardoner's Tale: Irony
Nearly every aspect of the Pardoner's tale is ironic. Irony exists within
the story itself and in the relationship between the Pardoner and the story.
The ending of the story presents a good message despite the Pardoner's devious
intentions to swindle money from the other pilgrims. By using irony in the
Pardoner's tale, Chaucer effectively criticizes the church system.
The irony begins as soon as the Pardoner starts his prologue. He tells the
other pilgrims that his sermons reflect how money is the root of all evils,
"radix malorum est cupiditas." He actually preac ....
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