Read the excerpt from the canterbury tales. thus i know how to preach against the vice which masters me—and that is avarice. though i myself am guilty of the sin, i know how to make other people turn from avarice, and bitterly repent. which word best characterizes the pardoner in this passage? timid approachable honest hypocritical

The word that best characterizes the Pardoner in this passage is hypocritical.

Explanation: In The Canterbury Tales, the Pardoner is presented as a cynical man. In the story, the Pardoner uses the Church and sells indulgences only to make more money. Moreover, although he argues that he is against avarice, in this passage he recognizes that he himself commits the sin of avarice. Therefore, saying that he supports certain noble beliefs when he actually does not behave in a noble way makes him a hypocrite.

The required word is Hypocritical.

Further Explanation:

In "The Canterbury Tales" the character of the Pardoner is the most marginalized one. His profession involved providing indulgences to the people about the sin they have committed in their lives. The process of repetition involved providing a certain amount under the name of the Church to the pardoner. The character of the Pardoner in the story is very untrustworthy. He is a person who deceits people by marking ambiguity in terms of his gender and sexuality. By doing so he deceives and challenges the social norms too. During his pilgrimage, he was carrying the indulgences and the tools required in his trade. He uses these in his journey by selling the indulgence to the people. He describes the hippocras with which he serves the people. He is very frank to the group about this. He even openly accused him to be a fraud person being avarice and glutton too. He also adds that the things which he preaches the others, the same sins he commits every time. He gives an excuse about the issue that money earned provides him comfort and luxury. He is an example of spiritual corruption.

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Answer details:

Grade: High School

Subject: English

Chapter: "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer

Keywords:

The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer,  pilgrimage,  Pardoner

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