Mrs. Gentry
English IV- 3rd period
Canterbury Tales
The story that is the best is the Pardoner's tale, not only does it teach you to be loyal to your friends, but it also shows that money is the root of all evil. The story itself is a warning to everyone that when it comes to money not everyone can be trusted. The pardoner before the story even states that he is a fraud. We learn at the beginning of the prologue that the narrator does not really hate him but in fact admires his sales tactics, even though he's not the most trustworthy person he does have the courage to admit what he does is wrong and he only does it for the money. Not a lot of characters in the book have the courage to do that. The rest of the characters usually tell a story somewhat related to their ulterior motive but would not make it too obvious to the other characters that's how they really are. The reason the characters kept it hidden is because they are so well respected that they'd rather not lose all their respect and become broke and poor, back in the day your name is all that you had and if you did something to ruin it nobody would ever want to marry, talk business or befriend you.
The Pardoner's tale is about three young men coming together to form a riot against death, it is understood that the three young men are friends and brotherhood in that time period is an …show more content…
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(3rd was a translated version of the story the author of the story is Geoffrey Chaucer but translated by Nevill