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Examples Of Greed In The Pardoner's Tale

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In “The Pardoner’s Tale” the theme is greed and how it can corrupt individuals. For example the Pardoner is supposed to be someone who forgives people for their sins. Instead he takes money from telling stories about being greedy when he is supposed to be a holy person and do his job. On line 24 the Pardoner says “I make my living out of---avarice”. This clearly shows the Pardoner is open about his self being greedy. In addition the Pardoner evil because he will take from the poorest of people no matter what state they are in as long as he gets his money for his stories. In lines 45-47 he says “Though it were given by the poorest lad…A string of starving children”. The three rioters also perfectly shows how greed can turn people into murderous
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