Examples Of Greed In The Pardoner's Tale

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What builds up character? Each individual have gone through unique kind of situation that makes up who they are now. The worst traits of humanity is unavoidable. Each different traits make up how people see the world; Greed, Gluttony, Lust and Pride. Greed is an excessive craving for wealth, status, and power. In The Pardoner's Tale, Chaucer uses a variety of dramatic elements to occur. The plot itself quotes that greed in itself brings evil. The Pardoner is as corrupt as others in his profession, but his frankness about his own hypocrisy is nevertheless shocking. He bluntly accuses himself of fraud, avarice, and gluttony—the very things he preaches against. And yet, rather than expressing any sort of regret with his confession, he takes an unacceptable deep pride to his fraud. But since he loves the money and the comforts it brings him- he chooses not to speak the truth, because if he does, no one will come to him for help thus he won't earn a single dime. In Leo Tolstoy's short story …show more content…

Alice Walker's ¨Beauty when other dancer is self¨. The story starts with the narrator as a girl who was happy and content with herself. But as time goes by society slowly gets into her mind and in result, she lost all her confidence with herself, no longer happy and content. Throughout the rest of the story, she battles with herself whilst holding a grudge towards society and her brothers for ruining her appearance. She looks for ways to gain her happiness back and ends up finding her solution from her daughter. Comparatively, In the short story ¨Love must not be forgotten” by Zhang Jie. Shanshan is loved by a man whom is known for his appearance. Yet, she is only with him for his good looks and nothing else. She doubts their compatibility and wonders if a love is present or not. In the end she realizes what is right and chooses to do so. It is better not to marry at all than to marry someone that they do not

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