“The Pardoner’s Tale” in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a moral story told by the character, the Pardoner, about the dangers of greed. In the tale, three men set out from a tavern in order to find and kill Death. In the midst of their search, the men discover many gold coins resting under a tree. Instead of searching for and killing Death, they plot to kill each other over the gold coins, and in the end, the three men kill each other. Not only are the gold coins found within “The Pardoner’s Tale” an important part of the plot, but they also have a more symbolic role within the tale. The coins represent the dangers of greed, and they also represent death itself.
“The Pardoner’s Tale” expresses the dangers of greed by telling
“The Pardoner’s Tale” expresses the dangers of greed by telling