The Pardoner And The Summoner In The Canterbury Tales

A number of characters with different personalities are read upon in The Canterbury Tales. Although there are many characters within these tales that share or differ within their morals, the two characters that are being compared are the Pardoner and the Summoner. Both of these characters have jobs and work for the Church. Although they work for the church, they act the same way in their actions. While the Summoner was careless in the way he acted around people, the Pardoner was very slick within his antics. He was a liar to people who needed help, and found joy in tricking them.
The Pardoner was a very interesting man. To begin, he was very flamboyant and castrated in his manly matters. The job of the pardoner is to offer indulgences to anyone who was trying to be forgiven of their sins. At this time, indulgences were pardons that had been written prior that people would buy in order to become right with God. However, the person who was receiving the indulgence would also make a donation to the Church; They didn't need to, but it became almost a necessity. The donation that they would make to the

Both of these characters fall to the main theme of The Pardoner’s Tale, the greed is the root of all evil. Within their jobs at the Church, they both take the money and keep it that should be donated to the Church. This is morally wrong, but they do it as a result of not being paid enough by the Church. No matter the social status or current life situation of the customer or person, these characters will still take their money. In conclusion, both of these characters share the same traits within their wrongdoing, and both fall to the idea that greed is the root of all evil within the world. Their actions as a part of the Church helped contribute to the idea that was told by Chaucer, that the Church is corrupt and religious figures have are viewed