Ionly preach of avarice and the like, and in this way induce them to be free in giving cash—especially to me. because my only interest is in gain; i’ve none whatever in rebuking sin. no, none! when they are pushing up the daisies, their souls, for all i care, can go to blazes. –the canterbury tales, geoffrey chaucer how is the pardoner characterized in this passage? he is thoughtful and generous. he is angry and aggressive. he is greedy and self-centered. he is innocent and naive.

He is greedy and self-centered.

Explanation: The sentence "Because my only interest is in gain; I've none whatever in rebuking sin." makes it completely clear that the Pardoner only cares about getting money from his job, and whether his client's souls are really forgiving is irrelevant to him, an attitude that clearly reflected the hypocrisy of "selling forgiveness."

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

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