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What do you think the poor old man may symbolize in Canterbury tales

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Answer: The old man figure in the Pardoner’s Tale (in Geoffrey Chaucer ’s The Canterbury Tales) is a rich, complex and mystical character that can be given multiple interpretations. The old man can be “death” itself or a representation of death as he sends the three young men, who are looking for death,...

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