The Pardoner’s Tale is set in Flanders, the northern
Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
“The Pardoner’s Tale” is an exemplum. This is a tale where the reader learns a
lesson as an example of what one should or shouldn’t do. The Greek writer Aesop
is most famous as an author of fables (Wheeler).
Exemplum- A brief story used to make a point in an argument or to illustrate a moral truth.
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