Corruption In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Would it be enjoyable to you if someone extracted money from your pocket, to waste on something that is of no benefit of you? In the middle ages a Pardoner did so many diffrent things like some worked under the authority of a bishop, collected money for the church, some preached, but mostly were fraudulent and extorted money for their own use. In Geoffrey Chaucer “The Canterbury Tales” The Pardoner is trying to help out his people and trick his people into fundings for his own good, which is not a good combination. The church created Pardoner’s in Chaucer’s days to gather money from sinners in exchange for forgiveness. This created a healthy income for the church, but this also created the corruption within the church. Chaucer's Pardoner
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The Pardoner has all the power. The Pardoner has to make social forces to shape interactions with his congregation (pilgrims}in order to get them to do what he wants, which is to collect their money. The Pardoner methods he uses to preach which is "Radix malorum est cupidatis" ("Love of money is the root of all evil"), he has all the power because obviously he is a preacher. The Pardoner mentioned that he could do nothing for the bad sinners but he always invited the good people to buy his relics from sin, which I previously stated. Though the good side if the congregation and the bad side always believe what the Pardoner preaches. The bad sinners are going to be the ones who want to listen to what the Pardoner has whether it's the truth or a lie because of course they want to be “sin free”. The sinners are going to always believe what The Pardoner says, and make their offerings to the relics, which the Pardoner quickly pockets although he announced to the pilgrims that he only preaches for greed. His love for money is the root of his evil, but yet his sales depend upon the buyers love of money. The Pardoner shapes social forces by preaching to the congregation about greed and were the "Love of money is the root of all evil". This interacts the congregation to believe the Pardoner words and this allows him to collect
The Pardoner has all the power. The Pardoner has to make social forces to shape interactions with his congregation (pilgrims}in order to get them to do what he wants, which is to collect their money. The Pardoner methods he uses to preach which is "Radix malorum est cupidatis" ("Love of money is the root of all evil"), he has all the power because obviously he is a preacher. The Pardoner mentioned that he could do nothing for the bad sinners but he always invited the good people to buy his relics from sin, which I previously stated. Though the good side if the congregation and the bad side always believe what the Pardoner preaches. The bad sinners are going to be the ones who want to listen to what the Pardoner has whether it's the truth or a lie because of course they want to be “sin free”. The sinners are going to always believe what The Pardoner says, and make their offerings to the relics, which the Pardoner quickly pockets although he announced to the pilgrims that he only preaches for greed. His love for money is the root of his evil, but yet his sales depend upon the buyers love of money. The Pardoner shapes social forces by preaching to the congregation about greed and were the "Love of money is the root of all evil". This interacts the congregation to believe the Pardoner words and this allows him to collect