Motivation in Chaucer's 'Pardoner's Tale': Winner Take Nothing
- Author / Editor
- Rhodes, James F.
Motivation in Chaucer's 'Pardoner's Tale': Winner Take Nothing
- Published
- Chaucer Review 17 (1982): 40-61.
- Description
- The complex relationships of Pardoner, audiences, and the Host reveal a character who simultaneously believes in the efficacy of pardon and in the foolishness of those who believe in it. The pilgrims laugh at him rather than being outraged, and he accepts their continued company, together with the kiss of peace.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale.