The Canterbury Tales are the tales told by pilgrims while making their pilgrimage to Canterbury. The Wife of Bath is one of the pilgrims on the journey, she is an exuberant woman who spends her time with her many husbands. Another is the Pardoner, a conniving man who simply preaches for profit. The tales these pilgrims tell gives the reader insight into their thoughts, their personalities, and into the way Medieval Society may have perceived certain things. Throughout The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer creates a common theme of tales, stories whose meanings reflect the thoughts of their tellers. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” is about the Wife’s beliefs that women should have sovereignty over men. The Wife of Bath begins her tale by saying, “I have
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“The Pardoner’s Tale” describes the Pardoner as a conman making a living by preaching for the gain of profit. The Pardoner is a deceiving man who is full of lust and greed.. The tale the Pardoner tells is about three greedy rioters who want to live a very long life, so they set out to find death and slay him. On their journey to find death they meet an elderly man who tells them death hides beneath an oak tree. Upon arrival they find eight bushels of gold coins and contrive a plan to get the money back to town without anyone thinking they are thieves. Because of their greed, much like the Pardoner’s, they think of ways to kill each other so they can have the gold all to themselves. The two older men decide to stab the youngest when he gets back from buying bread and wine, as the elders sent him to do. While in town the youngest rioter buys poison to put in the elders’ wine. Once the youngest rioter arrives back to the oak tree he is stabbed and killed. The two older rioters decide to sit down for a drink and unknowingly drink the poisoned wine. Once the Pardoner is finished with his sermon to the audience, he says, “My holy pardon will cure you all, provided that you offer nobles and other sterling coin, or else silver rings, brooches, spoons” (PardT 905-08). This is case in point of the Pardoner’s greed being used for
“The Pardoner’s Tale” describes the Pardoner as a conman making a living by preaching for the gain of profit. The Pardoner is a deceiving man who is full of lust and greed.. The tale the Pardoner tells is about three greedy rioters who want to live a very long life, so they set out to find death and slay him. On their journey to find death they meet an elderly man who tells them death hides beneath an oak tree. Upon arrival they find eight bushels of gold coins and contrive a plan to get the money back to town without anyone thinking they are thieves. Because of their greed, much like the Pardoner’s, they think of ways to kill each other so they can have the gold all to themselves. The two older men decide to stab the youngest when he gets back from buying bread and wine, as the elders sent him to do. While in town the youngest rioter buys poison to put in the elders’ wine. Once the youngest rioter arrives back to the oak tree he is stabbed and killed. The two older rioters decide to sit down for a drink and unknowingly drink the poisoned wine. Once the Pardoner is finished with his sermon to the audience, he says, “My holy pardon will cure you all, provided that you offer nobles and other sterling coin, or else silver rings, brooches, spoons” (PardT 905-08). This is case in point of the Pardoner’s greed being used for