Greed In 'The Pardoners Tail' By Chaucer

In “The Pardoners Tail” Chaucer conveys that Greed for money causes corruption in society itself. Therefore materialism causes people to do anything to make sure they get everything they desire no matter what it takes. For example in lines 281 through 282 the text says “Exactly in the way they’d planned his death they fell on him and slew him, two to one.” We used this example to show how greediness in general can cause you to do things that you wouldn’t usually do. Greed caused two characters to plot the death of their friend all because they didn’t want to split it between the three of them. Another example of greed is in lines 287 and 289 it states “He took a bottle full of poison up and drank…….. they perished both.” This example shows