Modes Used in the pardoners Tale
        The Pardoners presentation to the plication in Chaucers Canterbury narratives is pen in both the expository climate as well as the satiric mode. Other modes can also be found in this level such as irony. It is a mode that is indirectly connected to the satiric and expository modes.
        To take care how the Pardoners presentation is presented in expository mode we must introductory know what expository mode is meant to achieve. Expository mode is utilise to get a certain point or a moral across to the audience, which in this case would be the congregation that is presented to, by the Pardoner. The Pardoner starts his presentation off by explaining how covetousness is an evil sin of which hitherto he can be accused. Though he admits to his own greed, he explains that from his own sins he can prevent others from doing the same.
        The Pardoners entire presentation is a preaching on the evils of greed. Since he already has given some literal faithfulness about his own greed he uses his tale to illustrate his points further. The moral is the final objective for his story and so the sermon fits into the expository mode criteria. This is an example of the expository mode; the Pardoner has laid down a few points of truth that make up the moral of the story.
        The Pardoners tale is also satiric. The story is presented in Juvenalian satire, which is used to express indignation at mans corruption. The Pardoner shows satire when he, himself, is indignant at the corrupt characters in his tale. By expressing the indignation of corruptness by a corrupt character, (the Pardoner), Chaucer causes the indorser to have even more indignation. The satire is felt even deeper.
        After wrapping his story up, the...
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