Read the excerpt below and answer the question. (Canterbury) He had a latten cross set full of stones
And in a bottle had he some pig’s bones,
But with these relics, when he came upon.
Some simple parson, then this paragon
In that one day more money stood to gain (The Canterbury Tales; “General Prologue,” lines 701-704)

Based upon the above context, the word paragon best means .

generosity
idol
greed
headache

the correct answer is: reveal gregor as an untidy individual.

in metamorphosis by franz kafka, gregor samsa is the main character, who one day wakes up as a bug, and the attitude he takes upon his transformation forces him to go deeper on his existence and the new features of his body.

in this excerpt the writer mentions a table full of collection textile samples, which gives us a hint about gregor being messy. later on the book we discover how he is a really untidy individual.

in the line from the end of the story "the cask of the amontillado," by edgar allan poe, the narrator has put the last stone on the wall, thus sentencing fortunato to death. just like that montresor associates his feeling of sickness to the humidity of the catacombs, and seems to be glad he has taken revenge on fortunato. however, montresor's last words are "in pace requiescat," which mean "may he rest in peace." as a result, it can be inferred that he hides or does not want to assume his guilt or remorse for killing fortunato in such a horrible way.

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