1380, depict many short stories of various pilgrims who make their journey

to Canterbury to the shrine of Thomas Becket. Among the various pilgrims

featured in the Canterbury Tales, the Pardoner is one of the most fully realized

characters. Set in the Middle Ages in the 16th century this work reveals teachings

that help the reader learn more about a fictional side of all of the pilgrims

through short stories. Chaucer's pilgrim, the Pardoner, is described as being

greedy, selfish, and self-loathing. Chaucer's assertion is that the Pardoner is

not a moral man, but he nevertheless has a moral system to which he most

Geoffrey Chaucer was the preeminent English poet in the Middle

Ages. Chaucer was born in the early 1340s to middle-class family. His

father, John Chaucer, was a vintner and deputy to the king's butler. His family's

financial success came from work in the wine and leather businesses. Little

information exists about Chaucer's education, but his writings demonstrate

a close resemblence with a number of important books of his contemporaries

and of earlier times. Chaucer's interest in pilgrims derived from

the people as he tells the story. His habits should rather be more helpful

fits the story to the character of the storyteller.

of the two. In order to kill him, they sent him out to get some wine and

in life.The 'gentil' Pardoner is the representation of evil. He sells

known governmet official who served under three kings-Edward III, Richard

carried to the grave. The three men found much gold and decided

travelers to pay the Pardoner to absolve their sins. The character of the

There was once a group of three corrupt men in Flanders who

Pardoner is a eunuch,(pinkmonkey). Yet he is able to hold his audience captive. The

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