The Pardoner's Tale

Exemplum

• Definition: short story that illustrates a particular moral point.
• Example: "Pardoner's Tale" is an exemplum on the subject of greed.

Prediction/Foreshadowing

• Definition: predict- make guesses about what will happen next
• Definition: foreshadowing- hints about future events in a story
• Example: Seeing the shadow of a bad guy in a scary movie...

Foreshadowing in "Despicable Me"

• Watch "Sleepy Kittens" video and ask... what is being foreshadowed? Write down your answer.
• Watch "One Big Unicorn". Did you made the right prediction?

Irony

• Definition: Contrast between expectation and reality
• Example: Chaucer talks about his character's faults and their humanity
• Example: "Yet he was rather close as to expenses/And kept the gold he won in pestilences/Gold stimulates the heart, or so we're told./He therefore had a special love of gold"

Irony as told by TedED

• Watch the video by TedED about irony.
• What did you learn about irony?

Pardoner Pre-Reading

• The Pardoner is a church employee who has authority from the Pope to grant forgiveness to people who give lots of money.
• Many pardoners were corrupt and sold forgiveness to make money.