The Prologue to the Pardoner's Tale
What happened in the prologue?
http://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/teachslf/pard-par.htm
The beginning of the prologue references the end of the Physician's tale. This was a gory story about a judge who abused his position to plot with a low fellow to abduct a beautiful young woman. Her father beheaded her rather than allow her to be raped. The Host (Chaucer the Idiot) is disgusted and wants to hear a story that will cheer him up. He's in for a treat.
Then, the Pardoner embarks on his soliloquy.
Soliloquy:
so·lil·o·quy
səˈliləkwē/
noun
noun: soliloquy; plural noun: soliloquies
- an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play.
What does the Pardoner say in his soliloquy?
What does this line mean?
333-334: My theme is always one, and ever was: Radix Malorum est Cupiditas.
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