The Pardoner places his own body outside of normality as a sign of the supernatural, but Burger's response to the kissing the reluc incident is to exonerate the Pardoner by downplaying the Pardoner's action, while harshly reprimanding the Host's reaction. Burger states that for while the Pardoner's exaggerated gestures provoke even stronger policing efforts, the Host's extreme assertion of authority and normality attract notice as constructed acts. The Host's moral outrage invokes authoritative signs absent in the Pardoner's presentation of himself. Burger paints the Pardoner as a flamboyant personality absent of real malice who makes exaggerated gestures in an attempt to carve a rightful space for his voice. On the other hand, the Host
