Which of the following best describes the three rioters in “The Pardoner’s Tale”?
a.
prating, kindly, old
c.
earnest, brave, handsome
b.
hoary, arrogant, insincere
d.
prating, arrogant, greedy

The words prating, arrogant, greedy best describes the three rioters in “The Pardoner’s Tale.”

Option d

Explanation:

Geoffrey Chaucer, the greatest English poet of the Middle ages wrote “The Pardoner’s Tale.” It is one of the tales from the collection of the Canterbury Tales which was written between 1387 and 1400.

The tale is in the genre of an extended exemplum. The moral of the tale is that "greed is the root of all evil."

The three young men who were also known as the rioters, overhear to the funeral procession and comes to know that one of their companions just died. And they plan to kill the death (assuming death as a person).

The term pratty means behaving insanely; arrogant means being rude and greedy means wanting more of something. The three men were defined by the following traits: Gluttony, gambling, and drunkenness and they eventually met their downfall due to this.