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Exemplum
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Anecdote inserted into a sermon to illustrate a moral point
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Why is "The Pardoner's Tale" an exemplum?
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It gives a brief account of the events
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Of evil, sad, mysterious, or dignified, which is the mood of "The Pardoner's Tale?
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Evil
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What is the moral of "The Pardoner's Tale"?
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Greed causes death and is the root of evil.
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Why doesn't the old men like the rioters?
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They're rude and disrespectful toward him.
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What is the main idea of "The Pardoner's Tale"?
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Those who are greedy and steal from each other cannot be friends with each other.
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Of proud, egotistical, vindictive, or insecure, which would be describe the old man?
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Proud
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Define irony
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The opposite of what is expected
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Hoary
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Old
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Is the old man a symbol?
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Yes...but what does he symbolize? Justice? Death itself? Vengeance?
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Why does Chaucer include the prologue?
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To frame or set up the stories of the individual characters.
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Who acts as the judge of the stories?
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The host
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Describe the narrator
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Very observant....Chaucer watched the pilgrims from outside his window as they walked by. This is reflective in the narrator's observations of each pilgrim in the prologue.
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Direct characterizations
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The character's looks, actions, and words are described
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Indirect characterization
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Someone else talks about another character's looks, actions, and words
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