If any here should wish, out of devotion, To make an offering, and have absolution, Let them come forward now, and kneeling down Humbly receive my blessing and pardon. Or take my pardon as we go along, Take it at every milestone, fresh and new, Only renew, and yet again renew, Your offerings in sound gold and silver coin. –The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer What is satirical about this passage from the end of The Pardoner’s Tale? The Pardoner shows that, despite what he said earlier, he is genuinely concerned with helping people. The Pardoner is so greedy that he tries to extract money even from people who know his tricks. The Pardoner offers pardons, but he is not authorized to do so. The Pardoner is so religious that he offers to give absolution and blessings again and again.

B.The Pardoner is so greedy that he tries to extract money even from people who know his tricks.

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)