Chaucer explains "[h]ow well he read[s] a lesson or [tells] a story!/ But best of all, he [sings] an Offertory" (Chaucer 705-06). An Offertory, being a song accompanying the collection of the offering in church, shows, in a joking manner, that the Pardoner continues to perform the duties of a clergyman only for his personal gain...
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This also reveals Chaucer's personal criticism and dislike for religious profit and the fraudulent qualities of the Church (Pardoner's 2). After the congregation would finish singing the Offertory, Chaucer says "[the Pardoner would] have to preach and tune his honey-tongue" (Chaucer 708). By saying this, Chaucer is implying that the Pardoner simply scams the congregation with his deceitful preaching's...
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