Question

1. an apothecary is a person who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes, a chemist or pharmacist. what does the young rioter buy from him?
2. moral stories usually straightforward plots, where events happen in quick succession. in what way does the story’s conclusion fit this pattern?
3. how does the rioters’ end support the lesson that the desire for money is the root of evil?
4. in what way does the pardoner reveal his corruption in the end?

chaucer is widely admired for his skillful use of irony - the discrepancy between what appears to be true and what a is true. for each type of irony, provide an example from \the pardoners tale.\

irony	example(s)
situational irony is a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
in dramatic irony, the readers know more than the characters do.

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Explanation:

Answer:

1. Poison.
2. The conclusion occurs rapidly: the two rioters kill the third, and then immediately die from drinking the poisoned wine he brought.
3. Their greed for the gold coins leads them to plot against and kill one another, resulting in the death of all three.
4. After preaching against greed, he immediately attempts to sell fake relics and pardons to the pilgrims for money.

Verbal irony: The rioters swear to live and die for each other as "brothers" while actually planning to kill one another.
Situational irony: The rioters go on a quest to "kill Death" but instead find their own deaths through the gold.
Dramatic irony: The audience knows the wine is poisoned, but the two rioters drink it to celebrate after killing the third.