The Power of the Pardoner's Tale
Geoffrey Chaucer was a author of the 12th century. Chaucer is
known as the father of English poetry. He wrote Canterbury Tales which is
a collection of narrative short stories written in verse. "The Pardoners
Tale" is among the more popular of these varied tales. It is told by a
pardoner who uses the story to preach against those who are blastfamous and
gluttonous. In an odd twist, after he tells the story he trys to sell
others counterfiet relics. In this short story about greed, disrespect
and death Chaucer utilizes three important literary tools personification,
irony, and symbolism.
In the tale by Chaucer Personification is utilized on the character
of Death. When a young boy is asked what happened to a man who had just
died he responds in saying "There came a sneaking thief that men call
Death, who slays all the people in this country, and with his spear he
struck his heart in two, then went his way without saying another word."
They show there feelings by pledging to each other to murder death. "Let
each of us hold up his hand to this false traitor Death. He that slays so
many shall be slain himself before nightfall."
In "The Pardoners Tale" personification is employed to make Death a
person instead of a process. Death is given human characteristics to make
him more real to us. This tool allows the main characters to focus their
feelings.With the use of personification the three men are allowed to
focus their feelings of vengence on a person instead of a biological
process.
Another tool that was heavily relied on was irony. There are many
examples used to show irony in the story. The old man sends the three
drunkards down a path where he says death is, however, a pot of gold
awaits them there instead. "If your so anxious to find Death, turn up this
crooked path; for in that grove I left him, by my faith, under a tree, and
there he'll stay." The irony in this event is that the three men who were
ready to kill Death totally forget about him once the gold is found.
After the three villians find the gold they send one into town for supplies.
In “The Pardoner’s Tale,” Geoffrey Chaucer masterfully frames an informal homily. Through the use of verbal and situational irony, Chaucer is able to accentuate the moral characteristics of the Pardoner. The essence of the story is exemplified by the blatant discrepancy between the character of the storyteller and the message of his story. By analyzing this contrast, the reader can place himself in the mind of the Pardoner in order to account for his psychology.
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