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    In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales‚ participants of a pilgrimage to Canterbury tell tales to entertain each other‚ revealing many aspects of medieval society. Through the double narration it can be seen that the narrator of the Prologue is Chaucer but this pilgrim Chaucer is not the author Chaucer. The pilgrim never describes his own career or social standing‚ but upon examination‚ he proves to be a corrupt individual of the upper class. The tales are not simply a story or a poem‚ it

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    “ridden into battle‚ no man more‚ / As well in Christian as in heathen places‚ / And ever honored for his noble graces” (Chaucer 48-50). The irony found in the descriptions of the Knight was the expectation that characters of the Church such as the Pardoner‚ the Monk‚ and the Friar would be noble Christians rather than the Knight himself. Chaucer admired people like the Knight during his time and surprisingly possessed negative feelings toward individuals whose titles normally have the connotation of

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    the people was overwhelming. As a result‚ the characters in Chaucer’s tales were portrayed as deceitful and greedy. In this essay‚ I will analyze the characteristics of religious officials from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ such as The Summoner‚ The Pardoner‚ The Knight and The Plowman. The Summoner is a church official who brings people accused of violating church law to special courts set up by the church. “But well I know he lied in what he said; a curse should put a guilty man in dread‚ for curses

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    Chaucer so creatively uses satire to talk about how the church is ran by hypocritical people‚ such as the Pardoner‚ is pure genius and should be treated as such. He even has a quote where the Pardoner says that he really doesn’t care about the people and they can all go to hell and pick blackberries for all he cares. This is so sarcastic and ironic that people actually tried to find the Pardoner‚ only to be told that Chaucer couldn’t remember where he was from. He once again uses satire to reach his

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    In Chaucer’s prologue to Canterbury Tales‚ he describes the three classes of medevil society. One of the classes is the ecclesiastical class‚ which is the church. He gives examples of the people in that group such as the nun‚ summoner‚ and the pardoner. The ecclesiastical class seems to be losing their credability at this point in history. The first person he describes is the nun. He describes her as trying to be more saintly than the average man. She tries to exhibit an elegant and dignified

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    but by her sexual activity: she is defined in relationship to the men with whom she sleeps‚ used to sleep‚ or never has slept. The Pardoner and the Summoner‚ whose roles apply the church’s secular power‚ are both portrayed as deeply corrupt‚ greedy‚ and abusive. A pardoner was a person from whom one bought Church "indulgences" for forgiveness of sins‚ but pardoners were often thought guilty of abusing their office for their own gain. The Summoner is a Church officer who brought sinners to the church

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    Pardoner’s Tale‚ The Dynamic Culture of the Middle Ages‚ and A Distant Mirror‚ held a very common theme that current times share‚ Greed. There are many instances in these tale that demonstrate the true greed humans can feel. To begin‚ the Pardoner opened his tale by describing the actions of three men‚ who heard of a reaper-like figure terrorizing the town. As they set out to locate it‚ the stumbled across a large sum of gold coins and decided to share it evenly. They devised a plan to take

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    The Pardoners Tale Jazmyn Gates Dmarji Jackson-Williams Keeshon Gordon Marciave Jackson Group 5 GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FOR ACTIVE READING 1. Why does Chaucer dwell more on the pardoner’s love of money than on any other aspect of his character? He was not supposed to have worldly procession he is supposed to be a man of God but does not live the life style 2. Imagine that the pardoner where alive today. What might he do for a living‚ and how

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    In the first tale‚ “The Pardoner’s Tale”‚ the Pardoner spins the tale of three greedy‚ avaricious men. Naturally‚ this means the tale is a warning against greed. After the three men’s deaths‚ the Pardoner decrees aims to a crowd of pilgrims: “O cursed sin! O blackguardly excess!” (Chaucer line 296 pg 175). Within the beginning of his following speech‚ the Pardoner condemns the three men’s greed for the money‚ which led them to betray each other and try to cheat death. Meanwhile‚ in “The Wife

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    The Pardoner is a man who works for the congregation and diminishes individuals from their transgressions. He conveys since a long time ago‚ moved up composed archives that are (presumably) composed by the Pope and offers them to individuals that have did/done/performed socially wrong acts. In spite of the fact that the Pardoner knows he himself is doing/performing socially wrong acts‚ he has no goal to change himself

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