This story could be considered more effective because it sticks to one vice making it easier to follow along with the plot compared to the wife of Bath’s story. The Pardoner stayed with the vice of greed all throughout the story like when the youngest of the three rioters had left to get supplies to help them carry the gold into town and only the other two were left alone. “here’s a lot of gold that is to be / Divided equally among us three. / Nevertheless, if I could shape things thus / so that we shared it out - the two of us- / wouldn’t you take it as a friendly act?” (p. 177). One of the rioters has just proposed a deal that would cut the youngest one, the one that left, out of his share of the gold so that the gold only has to be split two ways instead of three. This one vice is said to make the story easier to follow, even though the wife of bath does not have this level or organization it is still more
This story could be considered more effective because it sticks to one vice making it easier to follow along with the plot compared to the wife of Bath’s story. The Pardoner stayed with the vice of greed all throughout the story like when the youngest of the three rioters had left to get supplies to help them carry the gold into town and only the other two were left alone. “here’s a lot of gold that is to be / Divided equally among us three. / Nevertheless, if I could shape things thus / so that we shared it out - the two of us- / wouldn’t you take it as a friendly act?” (p. 177). One of the rioters has just proposed a deal that would cut the youngest one, the one that left, out of his share of the gold so that the gold only has to be split two ways instead of three. This one vice is said to make the story easier to follow, even though the wife of bath does not have this level or organization it is still more