The Pardoner's tale please help ?

Question: The Pardoner's tale please help !?

8!. What is ironic about the pledge the rioters make in these lines of “The Pardoner's Tale”!?

They made their bargain, swore with appetite!. / These three, to live and die for one another / As brother-born might swear to his born brother!.

a!.They really are brothers but have forgotten!.

b!.They have only just met!.

c!.They do not realize that Death is listening!.

d!.They later plot to kill one another to get a larger share of the gold!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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d!.They later plot to kill one another to get a larger share of the gold!. They set off to "kill death" and their pledge (to live and die for each other) becomes just that, they each die because of each other's greed, which was a common topic the Pardoner used in his sham sermons to induce guilt so people would pay for an indulgence!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

D!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com