1. The Pardoner’s Tale
The tale is an exemplum. Exemplum is an anecdote that teaches a moral lesson.
The tale is full of irony. Irony is the difference between reality and appearance. The three types of irony are the following:
Situational-outcome is different than expected.
Verbal- difference in what is said and what is meant.
Dramatic-when the audience/reader knows something that others do not.

2. The Pardoner’s Tale Answer Questions on page 145-154 (1-12)
Find three examples of the three types of irony in “The Pardoner’s Tale.” Copy the chart and complete.

3. The Pardoner’s Tale:Find three examples of the three types of irony in “The Pardoner’s Tale.” Copy the chart and complete. Include Page # Line #Brief phrase from example
Verbal
p. 148 line 94-96
They made bargain…born brother.
Situational
Dramatic

4. Test REVIEW Chaucer Biography/Life
The Canterbury Tales “General Prologue”
Characters: Knight, Squire, Yeoman, Monk and the Nun… and the Pardoner
“The Pardoner’s Tale”
Literary Terms: Irony (Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic), Frame story, exemplum
Characterization (direct and indirect)
Satire
Middle Ages history, background, influence on the Canterbury Tales.
Review Assignments: The Pardoner’s Tale Open Book Test and Characterization Chart (Wife of Bath and Miller)

5. The Pardoner’s Tale: Focus Ideas/Ideas to Remember
Chaucer describes the Pardoner’s hair as rattails to imply moral corruption.
The Pardoner’s Tale purports to teach a lesson.
The mood is sinister.
The moral is that love of money causes corruption and death
The rioters are disrespectful toward the old man.
The Tale is based on hypocritical motives.
(Foreshadowing) “I’ll get even with vermin that destroy a man.”