Next, we will identify the tale from the Pardoner at a didactic view. Chaucer’s Pardoner is unique within The Canterbury Tales. A pardoner in the Middle Ages job was to travel around and listen to confessions, grant absolution, or forgiveness. While a pardoner was forbidden to accept money, Chaucer implies that many of them did. The pardoner is characterized as a man with no principles. He is someone who directly relates to sin and corruption of the body, by intoxication and swearing He will give the other pilgrims whatever they want as long as he has fulfilled his desire for a drink. He is an immoral, proud of the way he is and lacks integrity. He never gives the same story throughout the tale. He exhibits a deadly sin against what he preaches
