... stories told by the religious characters are very scandalous. Through analysis of The Canterbury Tales it is said that in one of the tales, "The Pardoner and the Wife of Bath, both lay bare their very selves with utter abandon " (Lowes 186). This demonstrates one of the religious subjects, the Pardoner having sexual relations with the Wife of ... Bath. That's not an action that a man of the church would do, but then again a majority of the characters in The Canterbury Tales don't follow through with their holy orders. The ... Pardoner being one of these due to the fact he does not care...

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