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The Pardoner

The Pardoner

Character Analysis of the Pardoner
	In the poem, The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer uses many methods of
characterization to develop the lively personalities of the pilgrims.  In particular, he develops the
character of the Pardoner, a minor member of the church who bought pardons for sinners and
sold them.  Chaucer gives the reader a very picturesque view of the Pardoner in his physical
description.  The Pardoner is further developed through his actions and relations with the other
pilgrims.  The Pardoner is finally complete in development in the telling of his particular tale.
Through these various methods of characterization, the Pardoner is dipicted as a thoroughly
simple and corrupt way
	The Canterbury Tales is full of colorful descriptions, especially in the case of the
Pardoner.  His physical description makes it easy for the reader to create a picture.  “[...] Hair as
yellow as wax, / Hanging down smoothly [...] / He wore no hood on his head [...] / but for a little
cap his head was bare / [...] He’d sewed a holy relic on his cap” (L. 695- 705).  From his hair to
his cap and also the condition of his personal belongings, the Pardoner’s description helps the
reader to feel connected to him (in a

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