Greed In The Pardoner's Tale

In the first tale, “The Pardoner’s Tale”, the Pardoner spins the tale of three greedy, avaricious men. Naturally, this means the tale is a warning against greed. After the three men’s deaths, the Pardoner decrees aims to a crowd of pilgrims: “O cursed sin! O blackguardly excess!” (Chaucer line 296 pg 175). Within the beginning of his following speech, the Pardoner condemns the three men’s greed for the money, which led them to betray each other and try to cheat death. Meanwhile, in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, the lesson features how one’s social standing does not equate to the quality of their character. During a lengthy speech, an old, poor woman admonishes a much younger, wealthier knight of over his disgust in her. In her passionate