The Pardoner's Tale In The Canterbury Tales

The Pardoners Tale is one of the tales within the collection of the Canterbury Tales and it was written by Geoffrey Chaucer. Within the novel this tale was told by the pardoner who rides in the back of the group. “The Canterbury Tales” was written in 1392 and it was written by a man named Geoffrey Chaucer who wrote the book in Middle English. The Pardoner around this time was a very dubious man as he offered indulgences to people and he also pocketed charitable donated to the church. In “The Canterbury Tales” the pardoner tells a story that is very dreary and this story fits his attitude and the way he lives his life therefore making this story one which fits the pardoners humor. Throughout the prologue the narrator introduces the characters

These lines will be used as a reference for how the pardoner acts and his character. In the beginning it says “My lords," said he, "in churches when I preach”, this line basically acknowledges that he preaches at the church for people to listen to therefor he is a preacher. Towards the end there is also the mentioning of “My theme's always the same and ever was: Radix malorum est Cupiditas.” Radix malorum est Cupiditas means that cupidity is the root of all evil. The pardoner mentions that this is his theme and that he follows this and does not change his ways. This goes on to demonstrate why the narrator speaks critically towards the pardoner. The pardoner also participates in indulgences and steals from the church causing him to be much more evil and a greedy person which makes it appropriate for him to tell the tale which he

When the characters go on the hunt to find the mysterious figure recognized as death, an old man tells them of where death is located. When they reach this location they find gold and are overjoyed. They soon decide to draw straws to see who would go back to town to get bread and wine so they can camp out till night reaches. This is when the characters develop their evil intentions and make plans to carry them out and in this text the two eldest make their plan: And then shall all this gold be shared between you and me, dear friend. Then may we both fulfill all our desires, and play at dice at our own pleasure." And thus were these two villains agreed to slay the third, as you have heard me say.