The Pardoner: Chaucer's Religions Diction In "The Prologue" from The Canterbury, by Geoffrey Chaucer, the Pardoner rides with the Summoner to the Canterbury Cathedral. As a member of the clergy, the Pardoner appears to be a religious man. Through a respectful, yet condescending tone, concentrations of descriptions, religious diction, and order of appearance, Chaucer depicts the Pardoner as a religious man in church, but greedy and self-indulgence elsewhere. Chaucer first describes the Pardoner as "gentle" as he rides with the Summoner, giving the first impression that he is a humble and shy figure (689). The description of the Pardoner’s head as having "hair as yellow as wax / hanging down smoothly" with "no hood upon his head" is next (695-696,700). He rode "in the latest mode," expressing that h....

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