Read the excerpt from The Pardoner's Tale in The Canterbury Tales.

And it fell to the youngest of them all,

And he set off at once towards the town.

And thereupon, so soon as he was gone,

One of the two who stayed said to the other:

"You know, of course, that you are my sworn brother.

I'll tell you something that you won't lose by.

As you can see, our friend has gone away,

And here is gold, and that in greatest plenty,

All waiting to be split between us three.

How would it be, if I can work it so

That it is only shared between us two,

Wouldn't I be doing you a friendly turn?"

How does Chaucer characterize the young man speaking in this passage?

as uncomfortable

as loyal

as deceitful

as innocent

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Noe Ellison

12 December, 22:03

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Dreamer · Answer 1

Chaucer characterizes the boy speaking in this passage as deceitful because he is betraying their other friend by taking the gold for themselves.