Irony In The Pardoner's Tale

Frame Story Essay Both “The pardoner’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer and “Federigo’s Falcon” by Giovanni Boccaccio are similar in some ways and differ in others, irony is used in both stories to help readers understand their message, but the messages that are portrayed to the audience differ. “The Pardoner’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer and “Federigo’s Falcon” by Giovanni Boccaccio portray how greed can be the start of something evil, and how sometimes sacrifices have to be made for the people that are most loved. Therefore “Federigo’s Falcon” and “The pardoner’s tale” are similar because both authors portray their message with irony. The three men vowed to “Be brother’s in this affair” and to defend each other “and we will kill the traitor death I say ” (Chaucer 116-117). Irony is used because even though they went and vowed to kill death at the end they all died instead. When Monna came to Federigo’s house “He decided… [the falcon] would make a worthy dish for such a lady as this” ( Boccaccio 163). Federigo giving up
After the third men went to get some food the other two planned that “as you attack, I’ll up and put my dagger through his back” and the guy that went for food also thought that “[He] might have all that treasure to [himself] alone” (Chaucer 249- 263). Even though the three men had made a pact to become brothers and not let the other down, at the end, they all betrayed each other because of their greed. Federigo “With the object of winning [Monna’s] love… lost his entire fortune” (Boccaccio 160-161). Instead of being greedy like the three men Federigo gave everything he had to win Monna’s love even though she did not care for Federigo. Federigo won Monna’s love over at the end because of his generosity towards her and his