English 11-2

Posted: November 10, 2011

We are still working on the character outlines from the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Chaucer.  We should finish them on Monday.  Over the weekend, please read The Pardoner's Tale in Our Literary Heritage (or online).  Answer the following two questions: 1. Briefly summarize this tale. 2.  How does this poem fit the classification of a moral exemplum?   We will be looking further into this tale next week.  Why is it so ironic that it's the Pardoner who tells this tale?