Comparing Tale 'And' The Pardoner's Tale

An exemplum is a tale that teaches a moral lesson by an example. The Canterbury Tales displays exempla in “The Prologue,” “The Pardoner’s Tale,” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by using each character to teach a moral lesson to the audience. “The Prologue” shows the audience that some people are different from their appearances, “The Pardoner’s Tale” teaches the audience that greed is the root of all evil, and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” teaches the audience the true nature of women. “The Prologue” shows the audience exemplum by giving different characteristics of deceiving characters. The ones who deviate from the common rule show the audience how looks and titles can be deceiving. One of many deceiving characters from “The Prologue” is the doctor.
The knight thought about it and made up his mind saying, “Whatever pleases you suffices me” (“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” 381). The next morning the knight saw his wife was a “young and lovely” lady (“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” 397). They both lived in perfect happiness the rest of their lives. “’The Wife of Bath's Tale” employs romance elements, but challenges expectations of typical romance closure” (Phillips). This tale shows the audience that different women desire different things, but each of them desire control over men. These tales teach the audience that not everyone is who they say there are, greed is the root of all evil, and shows the true nature of women. These tales can compare to today’s society because not everyone is who they say they are, many people are greedy, and many women want different things, but all desire power over men. Each tale shows the audience to be true to themselves and everyone around them, not to be greedy because it can lead to terrible things, and to let women have power because it makes life easier for