Frier v Pardoner Tomb Tomb Tomb

Greed is the root of all evil

Theme of the Pardoners sermon

Drinking and carousing

What the three rioters are doing at the tavern

To avenge deaths caused by the plague

Why the rioters go looking for Death

An old man

Who the rioters meet on their journey

They are rude and disrespectful and accuse him of being linked to Death

How the rioters treat the old man

Up a crooked path near an oak tree

Where the old man says they will find Death

Eight bushels of gold coins

What the rioters find under the tree

stab him

How the two older rioters plan to kill the youngest

Poisoning two bottles of wine

How the youngest rioter plans to kill the other two

They all die and find Death

Outcome for all three rioters

The Summoner

Church official satirized in the Friars Tale

Deliver summonses to people for church court

Job of a Summoner

The Devil in disguise

Who the yeoman really is

Cheating and extorting people for money

What both the Summoner and the Devil admit to doing

God

Who allows demons to change forms

An unfulfilled summons

What the Summoner accuses the widow of

She curses him and gives him to the devil

How the widow responds to the Summoner

The widows curse was sincere

Why the Devil takes the Summoner to Hell

Corruption of summoners and false church officials

Moral of the Friars Tale

The Summoner is dragged to Hell by the Devil

How the Friars Tale ends