Relationships in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

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Throughout literature, deep relationships can often be discovered between a story and the author who writes it. Relationships can also be found in stories about a husband and wife. In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales many of the characters make this idea apparent with the stories they tell. In “The Pardoner’s Tale”, a distinct relationship can be made between the character of the Pardoner and his tale of three friends. Also, the Wife in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” boldly declares her relationship towards her husband.

Throughout “The Pardoner’s Tale”, the main character teaches about greed, gambling, desecration, and drinking, but in the beginning he admits to committing these sins himself. One of the portrayals of hypocrisy, in the story, is the Pardoner’s greed. This greed, which is apparent in the character of the Pardoner, is also seen in his tale. In the story, three friends find a treasure and decide that someone should go find some wine and bread for a celebration. The youngest of the friends leaves to find the supplies, and the others plot to kill the youngest one so th...

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