... the teller most certainly shapes the tale, the tale can tell us just as much about the teller. When it comes to "The Pardoner's Tale," we can genuinely see how the teller, the Pardoner, shapes the tale in order to share his ideas, emotions, and beliefs with his audience. The Pardoner's true character comes out and is put on full display for not only the audience in the story but the actual readers of "The Canterbury ... as he indeed could do; Therefore he sang the more merrily and the loud"" (53). The overall impression that we get about the Pardoner is that he does not have many morals...

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