Religion plays a large role in medieval literature. Chaucer and the Pearl Poet of ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” used religion throughout their works a great deal for a plethora of reasons. In “The Canterbury Tales,” Chaucer uses religion to show the corruption of the government at that time. In the tale of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” the poem uses religion to paint a picture of a perfect man of nobility. Both of these works parallel each other, but the authors used religion in their works differently. The use of religion is sparks interest in the common man.
The peasants only heard the “word” from the clergy and noblemen, with the help of Chaucer and the Pearl Poet of “Sir Gawain” the common man slowly starts to act on this interest. In the description of Gawain’s shield the author uses this instance to show the importance of …show more content…
On the other, he seems to respect those institutions however flawed their practices” (Condren). Chaucer is only pointing out what was wrong blatantly wrong and needed to be fixed. The Pardoner’s Tale backs up Condrens point about Chaucer, a man apart of the clergy who abused his power because of greed. Within the txt of the Canterbury Tales the Pardoner says this:“For myn entente is nat but for to winne and no thing for correction of sinne; I rekke nevere whan that they been beried though that hir soules goon a-blakeberied” (313).The Pardoner quotes 1 Timothy 6:10 yet does the opposite in his line of work, he makes it seem as though religion is a commodity . The Canterbury tales was written in a frame tale, it seems that the focus was on the Characters telling the story on the pilgrimage and how their religious backgrounds were apparent in their
The peasants only heard the “word” from the clergy and noblemen, with the help of Chaucer and the Pearl Poet of “Sir Gawain” the common man slowly starts to act on this interest. In the description of Gawain’s shield the author uses this instance to show the importance of …show more content…
On the other, he seems to respect those institutions however flawed their practices” (Condren). Chaucer is only pointing out what was wrong blatantly wrong and needed to be fixed. The Pardoner’s Tale backs up Condrens point about Chaucer, a man apart of the clergy who abused his power because of greed. Within the txt of the Canterbury Tales the Pardoner says this:“For myn entente is nat but for to winne and no thing for correction of sinne; I rekke nevere whan that they been beried though that hir soules goon a-blakeberied” (313).The Pardoner quotes 1 Timothy 6:10 yet does the opposite in his line of work, he makes it seem as though religion is a commodity . The Canterbury tales was written in a frame tale, it seems that the focus was on the Characters telling the story on the pilgrimage and how their religious backgrounds were apparent in their