Comparing Tale 'And' The Pardoner's Tale

After reading “The Knight’s Tale” and “The Pardoner’s Tale,” one can come to the conclusion of which tale was better. “The Knight’s Tale” included two individuals who were friends and fell in love over a virgin named Emily. These two friends ended up having a feud that led to a battle. At this battle, one dies, and the other marries Emily. “The Pardoner’s Tale” included rioters who wanted to find and kill Death due to a friend that had passed away. On their journey to find Death, they find a man; this man was waiting for Death to kill him due to his age. When the rioters asked the old man where they may find Death, the man responded, and he told them where Death was. On their journey, they found gold. The gold corrupted their thoughts, and the tale ends with all of the rioters being dead. Now that I have given you a very quick summary of both tales, I personally find “The Pardoner’s Tale” to be the winner of the two. “The Pardoner’s Tale” is my winner due to its morals that are taught throughout. This tale teaches that greed is the root of all evil. The three rioters were very greedy individuals, who would often get drunk, and when this tale takes place, the rioters happened to be drunk. The three rioters swore that they would never harm each other, but on their journey to …show more content…
“The Knight’s Tale” tends to focus on how love affects people. The friends that were very close fell in love with the same lady and then chaos broke loose between them. The friends happened to be knights. Knights are not supposed to have relationships with females and should devote themselves to serving their countries. I personally however, did not learn a great deal of morals from “The Knight’s Tale.” It does have a good point on how love affects individuals, but I find a deeper meaning within “The Pardoner’s