Chaucer wrote 24 different tales on there way to Canterbury. In which he meets 29 other Pilgrims. A challenge was set that the best story teller would win a feast back at Tabard Inn. Two of the tales, that are told are the Pardoner's Tale and the Wife of Bath's Tale. Both of these stories have similarities and have differences. Some of the similarities in both stories are greed, making fun of elderly. The difference is that in one tale death was encountered, and in the other tale death was not encountered. In the Pardoner's and Wife of Baths tale, both show that they do not respect their elders. In the Pardoner's tale, the three men heard about death, and wanted to kill it. When they came across an old man they began to make fun of him. "What, old fool? Give place! Why are you all wrapped up except your face? …show more content…
The three riders were so greedy that they made a plan to kill one another, that they didn’t value the true meaning of friendship. "Drank from it also, and they perished both. There is, in Avicenna's long relation Concerning poison and its operation trust me, no ghastlier section to transcend what these two wretches suffered at their end. Thus the two murders received their die, So did the treacherous young prisoner too" (Chaucer 312-318). Since they allowed the money to get in the way of what really mattered, since they wanted to kill death so bad, death ended up killing them. In the Wife of Bath's the knight did a disgusting act, and survived and ended up having a beautiful and faithful wife. "For you," she said, "things stand in such a way you can't be sure if you're to live or not. I'll grant you life if you can tell me what it is that women most desire. Beware the iron ax, your neck bone how to spare!" (Chaucer 902-906). On his way home, the old lady saved the knights life by telling him what it is that women most