Greed, what is greed? “Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer” well said by Julian Casablancas. In the story the Pardoners Tale by Geoffry Chaucer greed is very evident, and it’s shown by different types of irony. “For they were all so thrilled to see the sight,” (Chaucer 129) the rioters were full of joy and exicement at the sight of the gold when running to the tree. Little did they know the florins which “were so beautiful and bright” (Chaucer 129) would become their own death. Geoffry Chaucer uses verbal irony during thi8s part of the Pardoners Tale by giving them joy and excitement with them thinking they have it all figured out, but are actually having a meet and greet with their own death. “’Trust me.’” (Chaucer 130) Said one the rioters “’you needn’t doubt my word’” (Chaucer 130) this could be one of the most ironic points in Chaucer’s story. …show more content…
The youngest rioter was supposed to trust the others and come back, but he didn’t trust them. When he came back he had a plan all of his own to get all the gold rather than a third. After the two rioters kill the youngest and where ready to take his gold one of them said “’Now for a drink. Sit down and lets be Merry. For later there’ll be the corpse to bury’” (Chaucer 132) They each drank a full bottle of poison that the youngest had ready for them in his plan, both of the rioters meet the youngest in the afterlife. This is ironic because one of the rioters said “’later there’ll be the corpse to bury (Chaucer 132) when referring to the youngest which they killed. Without knowing their corpses would also need to be buried. Death, death finally reached the rioters not with a sword or musket, but by the sickness of