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  • Essay / What makes the Pardoner corrupt in Geoffrey Chaucer...

    In the story “The Pardoner's Tales”, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the character of the Pardoner descriptively. It describes the Pardoner's teaching on corruption and how the Pardoner acts in the tale. The religion that the Pardoner teaches is corrupt and very selfish, greedy and greedy. All this is the opposite of what the true religious people of the Church teach. In the story, he tricks people into buying his fake relics and other things using the church's belief. The act of Forgiveness and its teaching are all corrupted because of the Church. This shows the side of greed, gluttony and selfishness that is strongly reflected in himself and his belief. In “The Prologues of Forgiveness”, Chaucer describes him well in terms of his appearance and personality. In "The Pardoner's Tales" he also uses the word that directly describes him and what he is. His act and teaching are all from the teaching of the Church, which means that the Church at that time is corrupt. The Pardoner said: “I will have my money, my wool and my food, even if it comes from a page in extreme poverty or the poorest widow in the county; even if her children starve, all will be well, for I will drink the liquor of the vine and have a joyful daughter in every city” (Chaucer 448 – 453). He emphasizes that he really cares about others except himself. For his gluttony and gluttony, he does not care about anything else, this means that his teaching and his way of doing things are all wrong. The Pardoner said, “Do you believe that as long as I can preach and acquire gold and silver while I teach, I would willingly live in poverty? It never crossed my mind, to be honest! No, I will preach and beg in various countries and I will never work with my hands or engage in basket weaving for a living. I'm not going to beg idly, in the middle of a paper... for time and goods. To be dishonored, that's what it is, dishonorable, defamatory, to be considered someone who indulges in the common game. waste of time. But the Pardoner sells and deceives other people with the fake relics he possesses, which is very ironic to what he says in the story. The Pardoner believes that he is very corrupt, intelligent and good at using words in teaching. All he talks about and teaches is gluttony and greed, but his actions and his speech are all opposites. The Pardoner is a big liar but the stories he tells are all good stories with a moral. The words spoken by Forgiveness are a direct reflection of who he is, even his appearance and personality. His act and teaching are all related to the teaching of the Church, which means that the Church at that time is corrupt..