A Note on the Conclusion of 'The Pardoner's Tale'

Author / Editor
Parsigian, Elise K.

Title
A Note on the Conclusion of 'The Pardoner's Tale'

Published
Rackham Literary Studies 6 (1975): 51-54.

Description
Though the Pardoner is consummately evil, the Host must be reconciled with him because the former is still a representative of the church. The Host's outburst, though justified, is destructive because to the company the Pardoner is an embodiment of mystery and a representative of the church and its mercy.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.