Don’t Buy a Pardon In Chaucer's stories, it is evident that he attempts to exemplify the seven deadly sins. In each of his character descriptions he depicts a certain sin and in his short story “The Pardoner’s Tales,” he incorporates the deadly sins. The seven deadly sins include sloth, greed, gluttony pride, envy, lust and wrath. There are also seven heavenly virtues that counteract the sins. That list includes diligence, charity, temperance, humility, forgiveness, chastity, and kindness. The Prologue, The Pardoner and The Wife of Bath all show signs of these sins, such as gluttony, greed and lust. One of the seven deadly sins included in the stories is gluttony. The Pardoner and other characters indulge themselves in many things. Alcohol is one of the things that they tended to overuse. Chancer shows how corrupt the people get when alcohol is involved. Their manners and good behavior get completely thrown out the window. The alcohol took a huge part in the pardoner's violence and incest and also took a part in the summoners immoral behavior. “Why, he’d allow- just for a quart of wine- Any good lad to keep a concubine a twelvemonth and dispense him altogether.” (667-669). For example, the Summoner wanted alcohol so desperately, that he let other men to lay with his girlfriend for twelve months if they …show more content…
The Pardoner shows the most greed of them all. He cheats people out of their money, lies to them and tricks them just so he can have more money. The Pardoner is supposed to preach and help people. He is an astonishing, but ill-intended preacher and he takes advantage of his abilities. The pardoner gives condemning sermons to make the people feel bad about their actions and then offer them relics. Relics promise that you will be saved if you repent, but the people have to pay for them. The Pardoner then pockets the money for himself. This represents the greed and ill intentions that he