Question

In “The Pardoner’s Tale,” Death is portrayed as ____________.

Answer 1

In "The Pardoner's Tale," Death is portrayed as A) both the prince of wickedness and an actual person.

Answer 2

In "The Pardoner's Tale," Death is a portrayed as both the prince of wickedness and an actual person who is a thief. At one point in the tale, death kills one thousand people disguised as a person. The tale reminds us that the death is inevitable. The depiction of death was iconographic throughout the middle ages and later.