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This 7 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of the Pardoner in the Canterbury Tales with Fra Cipolla in the Sixth Day, 10th Novel of Boccaccio’s Decameron. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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before anyone knows a shot was fired. This paper compares Chaucers The Pardoners Tale, one of the Canterbury Tales, which one of the stories from the Decameron. Discussion Since the
source material is not original but in translation, there may be some differences that can be attributed solely to that. Having said that, well begin with the mechanics of the
two works. The Decameron (looking at the Sixth Day, Novel X) is much shorter than the Chaucer, but the themes are startlingly similar as is the overall structure. The characters
in the Tales are all pilgrims on their way to Canterbury who decide to keep one another entertained by telling stories; the characters in the Decameron are fleeing the plague
but are all traveling together to a safer location and decide to keep one another entertained by telling stories. There is a general prologue in both books that introduces all
the characters; after that, each steps forward to tell his or tale. However, in The Canterbury Tales, the Pardoner tells his own story; in the Decameron, the narrator tells a
story about the main character. But the story told about the clever Fra Cipolla, who in this story is much like Chaucers Pardoner. A Pardoner, in medieval times, had the
task of collecting money for the charitable enterprises that were supported by the church (Abrams and Greenblatt). In exchange for the money, the pardoner was "licensed by the pope to
award token remission of sins that the donor should have repented and confessed" (Abrams and Greenblatt 281). Pardoners were, by canon law, permitted to work "only in a prescribed areas;
within that area they might visit churches during Sunday service, briefly explain their mission, receive contributions, and in the popes name issue indulgences" (Abrams and Greenblatt 281). Indulgences here were
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