Stereotypes In The Canterbury Tales

At first, The Canterbury Tales characters do seem odd; however, like any good story plot you have your heroes and villains, good guys and bad guys, or protagonists and antagonists. The only different with this story is the names, truthfully. The stereotypes still exist – they just don’t disappear – take for instance The Pardoner. People like the Pardoner still have a very prominent place in society, although they appear in various forms – bankers, crooks, hustlers, etc. – the reality is they still exist. People every day are scammed by unsuspecting criminals just looking for money because they’re driven by greed, I.e., Bernie Madoff, Jordan Belfort, Jeff Skilling, and many more; all of which were trusted by someone along the way – and that’s