The Importance Of Money And Greed In The Pardoner's Tale

In The Pardoner’s Tale we learn about money and greed being something dangerous. In Chaucer’s time, power was very important, superiority was a big thing during those times, but it is exactly the same up to this date. There is poor, middle class, and rich, your benefits depend on what class you are in. What we learn in The Pardoner’s Tale is still what is happening in these new generations. There are still many things to learn from The Pardoner’s Tale because there is a difference in time and difference in what you could do with the power you have. In the prologue of the tale, the Pardoner admits that he only does his preaches and congregations for money, he admits that his relics are fake and that he doesn’t take away any of the sins the people make, but that is what he makes them believe. In Chaucer’s time this would be very important to know because all the parishioners believed him and gave their money away to him. The Pardoner was a very covetous person but in his congregations he always preached about greed and other things that were bad. People that need the most give their small amount of money away to the Pardoner because they believe he has the power to take away all their sins. In today’s society there are still people that take away …show more content…
Selfishness has always been something bad and in the Pardoner’s tale the people that tried to be selfish ended up dying and they never got to keep the gold. In today’s society there is still greedy people that aren’t selfless at all, in the tale it shows what happens after those people tried to have the power all to themselves in exchange of their friendships. The Pardoner’s tale teaches not only that you can’t trust anyone, especially when it comes to them getting something they want. There has always been unloyalty throughout history and we have seen what happens to people who are greedy, there are many dangers that come with being