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    This document discusses death and relics, telling a funny story about death. It mentions the Pardoner's tale about greed being the root of all evil, with money found under a tree. An old man accepts bodily death, and the Pardoner's tale is a parable where the characters are not meant to be sympathized with so the moral lesson can be learned, with their punishment coming from greed and other sins emerging. It questions why the tale would be told if known to be false.

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    This document discusses death and relics, telling a funny story about death. It mentions the Pardoner's tale about greed being the root of all evil, with money found under a tree. An old man accepts bodily death, and the Pardoner's tale is a parable where the characters are not meant to be sympathized with so the moral lesson can be learned, with their punishment coming from greed and other sins emerging. It questions why the tale would be told if known to be false.

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    Death

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    This document discusses death and relics, telling a funny story about death. It mentions the Pardoner's tale about greed being the root of all evil, with money found under a tree. An old man accepts bodily death, and the Pardoner's tale is a parable where the characters are not meant to be sympathized with so the moral lesson can be learned, with their punishment coming from greed and other sins emerging. It questions why the tale would be told if known to be false.

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    Death

    Relics

    Funny story – about death

    Pardoner doesn’t care – soul is most important in death

    Radix malorum est cupiditas – greed is the root of all evil – money under a tree

    Old man – accepts bodily death

    Pardoner’s tale

    Parable – not supposed to sympathise with them – wouldn’t learn a moral lesson if you did

    Greed – sins they are punished for don’t emerge

    Why does he tell it if he knows it’s false?

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