The correct answer is:
Their greed over the gold leads to their actual deaths.
from The Canterbury Tales,
"The Pardoner's Tale"
In "The Pardoner's Tale," what is ironic about the rioters' discovery of gold in the place where they were looking for Death?
(1 point)
They do not realize that
• the gold actually belongs to Death.
It makes them realize
• that Death is not an actual person.
They realize that they prefer Death to gold.
Their greed over the
• gold leads to their actual deaths.
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