Noah and the Old Man in the 'Pardoner's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Beidler, Peter G.
Noah and the Old Man in the 'Pardoner's Tale'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 15 (1981): 250-54.
- Description
- Although thought immortal and evil, the Old Man in PardT is mortal in his longing for death, and, furthermore, good, patient, and kind. Chaucer's audience might have seen a parallel with Noah, the incredibly old survivor of a worse "plague," the Flood.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale.