Who Is the Old Man in the Pardoner's Tale
By contrast Chaucer offers the Old Mans speech to voice the means the old should be treated. The old man in The Pardoners Tale is a strange character there are many different ideas as to who or what he is. Pin On The Historienne He hopes that the men will kill Death. . Old age in Chaucers time wasnt something that many people would live to so there are questions raised about how this man came to be so old. The three rioters die at the tree later which could mean the old man knew they would be consumed by greed and die up there hinting at. Nonetheless the encounter between him and the Revellers allows both Chaucer and the. The pardoner tells the story and emphasizes the sins of others. Instead of the figure of Death that they expect to find the three revelers find bushels of gold that ultimately lead them to their deaths through their greed. Prominently as Death himself The Wandering Jew or simply as a plain old man. ...