The Corruption Of The Pardoner In The Canterbury Tales

The use of satire in literature is used to expose individuals’ true nature. Geoffrey Chaucer through the Canterbury Tales was aiming to show how each person was corrupt such as, the pardoner. Geoffrey Chaucer portrayed The Pardoner in the Canterbury Tales as a corrupt church official to show that the church in the Middle Ages was corrupt. Overall, The Pardoner is portrayed as a greedy man. In the prologue of the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer states “he made the parson and the rest his apes”, showing that he kept some of the money made from the pardons. The Pardoner sells his pardons but keeps a portion of the money for himself. Keeping a portion of the profit, makes The Pardoner corrupt because the money is meant for the church to use. The Pardoner