Chaucers The Pardoner

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that talks about the Pardoner describes him as a man with “hair as yellow as wax, Hangling down smoothly like a hank of flax.” The Pardoner had a beautiful singing voice, which he used to his advantage by singing loud and merrily in order to get more money from the people.
The Pardoner tells the tale of three young men drinking at an inn. After learning that someone named Death has killed a friend, the three men decide to find Death and get revenge for their friend. While looking, they come across an old man. They ask the old man if he knows where Death is, and the old man directs them to a tree at the end of the street. The three men run to the end of the street, where they find gold underneath the tree where they were told Death would be. They decide to wait until dark to move it, and one of them goes back to town for food and wine. While he is gone, the other two plot to kill him when he returns so they could split treasure in half instead of in thirds. While away, ...

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