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The Pardoner

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The Pardoner
 
Preaches about money and greed being the root of all evil.
 
Cheats people out of their money.
 
Is greedy himself and uses his surmons to take people's money.
 
Sells animals bones as blessed relics.
 
Charges money for pardons.
 
His tale is about how evil corrupts people.
 
He tries to sell his relics after his tale.

The Pardoner's Tale
 
A man dies from the black plague.
 
Three drunk guys decide they are going to go find death and the old man tells them that they can find death under a tree.
 
They find treasure under the tree and greed sets in.
 
The two men send the youngest into town to get food and wine and they plot to kill him.
 
When he returns, they kill him and drink the wine to celebrate.
 
The other two men die because the wine was posioned by the younger one.
 
The three men find death under the tree.
 
The host is disgusted with the pardoner after he tells his tale.

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