The Pardoner And The "Brothers"
Beginning of paper
Throughout literature, relationships can often be found between the author
of a story and the story that he writes. In Geoffrey Chaucer's frame story,
Canterbury Tales, many of the characters make this idea evident with the
tales that they tell. A distinct relationship can be made between the
ch ....
Middle of paper
.... display a greed similar
to the Pardoner's. The three friends decide that someone should bring
bread and wine for a celebration. As the youngest of the friends leaves to
go buy wine, the other two greedily plot to kill him so they can split the
treasure only two ways. Even the youngest decides to "put it in his mind
to buy poison / With which he might kill his two companions" (383, 384).
The greed, which is evident in the character of the Pardoner, is also
clearly seen in the tale.
Anothe ....
------------------
Word count: 564
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
