Throughout literature, relationships can often be found between the author of a story and the story that he writes. In Geoffrey Chaucer's “Canterbury Tales”, many of the characters make this idea evident with the tales that they tell. A distinct relationship can be made between the character of the Pardoner and the tale that he tells. Through the Prologue to “The Pardoner's tale", character traits of the Pardoner are revealed in an absorbing, engrossing plot that keeps the reader’s attention.
Although the Pardoner displays many important traits, the most prevalent is his greed. Throughout the prologue, the Pardoner displays his greed and even admits that the only thing he cares about is money: "I preach nothing except for gain." In “The Pardoner's tale”, three friends begin a journey in order to murder Death. On their jour
Another trait that is displayed in “The Pardoner’s Tale” is hypocrisy. Although the Pardoner is extremely greedy, he continues to try and teach that "Avarice is the root of all evil." As the tale begins, the friends all act very trustworthy and faithful towards all of their friends. They nobly make a decision to risk their lives while trying to slay their friend's murderer. As they talk about their challenge, they pledge "to live and die each of them for the other, as if he were his own blood brother." At the end of the tale, the "brothers" begin to reveal their true nature. They all turn on each other in an attempt to steal the treasure for themselves. All of the loyalty, which they had pledged, was simply a lie and no faithfulness remained. While the two older brothers plotted to kill the younger, the younger brother plotted to
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