In The Pardoner’s Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer presents the Pardoner as an ironic character who is deceptive and driven by his own, selfish motives despite preaching that . Chaucer uses irony to demonstrate how the Pardoner’s corruption leaves him unable to act as an intercessor between repenters and God. The Host, disappointed by the tragic ending of the Physician’s Tale, asks the Pardoner to tell an uplifting, merry story. The pilgrims interject and demand a moral tale, which the Pardoner agrees to tell. After getting a drink, the Pardoner begins the tale with a back story about himself. He tells the pilgrims about what he does for a living - a combination of preaching and selling indulgences, or promises of salvation. His sermon always remains