The correct answer is option b) by exaggerating the Pardoner's extreme greed.
I'll tell you in a word what I'm about: I preach for money, and for nothing else. -The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer the passage satirize pardoners by exaggerating the Pardoner's extreme greed.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales are a collection of twenty-four stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is usually considered to be Geoffrey Chaucer's magnum masterpiece.
The stories (mainly written in verse, but some in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury to see Saint Thomas Becket's shrine at Canterbury Cathedral.
The winner of this event will get a complimentary lunch at the Tabard Inn in Southwark upon their return.
It has been stated that The Canterbury Tales made the most significant contribution to English literature by popularizing the English vernacular in mainstream literature, as opposed to French, Italian, or Latin.
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