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Chaucer in the given passage characterizes the young man speaking in the passage as deceitful because he intends to divide the money simply between himself and one of his friends while betraying the third. Therefore, here Chaucer is characterizing the young man. option C is correct.
What do you mean by characterizing?
Characterization is a literary method that is used to draw attention to and illuminate a character's characteristics in a story (it can be the description of physical appearance or personality).
The young man speaking is depicted as dishonest in the section from The Pardoner's Tale in "The Canterbury Tales" because he intends to divide the money simply between himself and one of his friends while betraying the third.
The missing passage of the question is given below:
Read the excerpt from The Pardoner's Tale in The Canterbury Tales.
And it fell to the youngest of them all, And he set off at once towards the town. And thereupon, so soon as he was gone, One of the two who stayed said to the other: "You know, of course, that you are my sworn brother.I'll tell you something that you won't lose. As you can see, our friend has gone away, And here is gold, and that in greatest plenty, All waiting to be split between us three. How would it be, if I can work it that it is only shared between us two, Wouldn't I be doing you a friendly turn?"
Therefore, Option C is correct in that Chaucer in the given passage characterizes the young man speaking in the passage as deceitful because he intends to divide the money simply between himself and one of his friends while betraying the third.
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