avarice--n--excessive desire for wealth; greed
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1.What saying does this image represent---don't say it out loud!!!
2. Do you agree with this saying? Why or why not? Explain your answer in A PARAGRAPH using any examples that you can think of. (at least one)
quotes from the pardoner that show his true intentions:
"My exclusive purpose is to win..not castigate their sin."----he likes sinners because he can make money off of them
"they can go blackberrying for all I care"---he doesn't care about what happens to their souls
"I make my living from avarice"--makes money off of greedy people--like himself!
"I mean to have wool, cheese, and wheat..agape.."-doesn't care who it is; he will steal from a poor child or widow with starving children
"I've drunk a draft of corn-ripe ale..."---he is drinking, which may be why he is admitting all of this
Excerpt: “The Pardoner’s Tale”
1. What do the three tavern-goers hear as they drink?
2. Give an example of personification from page 147.
3. Of what did the man die?
4. What vow do the three men make? Is it possible to fulfill? Why or why not?
5. What trade does the old man say no one has yet been willing to make with him?
6. What lesson does the old man try to teach the younger men?
7. Of what do the young men accuse the old man?
8. The gold under the tree foreshadows something. What do you think it foretells?
9. What is their plan for getting the gold?
10. What plan do the two watching the gold make?
11. Who is the Fiend (an allusion—not someone in the tales)?
12. How is Death tricking all three of the men?
13. How do the three of them die?
14. How does this tale prove the Biblical proverb of “reaping what you sow?”
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