f productivity and through his sins" (Higuchi 166). "The Pardoner was chosen for the tale which centers on death, because he himself suggests death" (Higuchi, 165). In the tale, young rioters discover treasure but end up killing each other over it. They started out on a mission to conquer death, but in the end death conquers them instead. "Death has eluded conquest and conquered them. We cannot help noticing the thematic appropriateness of the immediate goal that the rioters substitute for the...