The Pardoner’s Tale

By Geoffrey Chaucer
The Pardoner’s Tale
Characters
the pardoner
three rioters
poor old man
the publican
tavern knave
Setting
Flanders
Conflict
the three rioters want to
avenge someone by killing
death but they found gold and
tried to kill each other so the
gold will be for theirs alone
Resolution
the two old brother want to kill by
stabbing him. the younger
brother who buys the wine so
the gold will be theirs but the
young brother want to kill the
two old brother too by putting
poison on the wine he bought
Important Events
when three rioters went to find
death then they met an old man
who is cursed to live forever.the
old man lead the rioters to a tree
which have gold coins
Theme
greed is the root of
all evil