- - - Explain who or what Chaucer satarizes in the prologue and tale. Support with evidence from text.
- - - Identify four of the Seven Deadly Sins as they are used in the prologue or the tale and explain how Chaucer is using them (to satarize, to criticize, to do whatever . . . you tell me.)
1. Chaucer satirizes the Pardoner by describing him as greedy, all about money, and he's also a hypocrite . The Pardoner is proud in the fact that he can swindle people into paying him to repent there sins. Chaucer also satirizes the men who get drunk and act like there tough, he uses examples of Samson who is in the Bible.
ReplyDelete2.The first deadly sin I see is greed, greed is used throughout the text to describe the Pardoner initial motivates and gambling is also used as an example in the Pardoner's Tale. Second deadly sin would be gluttony, the over use of anything from drinking to much or eating to much.The three men were guilty of gluttony when they over indulged in wine at the tavern that eventually led to swearing and lechery. Third deadly sin is pride, the Pardoner is a very prideful man, he frankly opens up to his reasons of why he is a Pardoner (its all about the money) . The fourth deadly sin I found in the Pardoner's Tale is slothfulness, The Pardoner didn't show any initiative to work with his own hands and preferred a life of luxury.
Chaucer satarizes the churchmen. Churchmen are respected individuals and are close to God. However they show greed when they get mad at the Pardoner. With the Pardoner doing what he does, the church loses money because the pardoner excuses people from having to participate in church. Churchmen are supposed to have God and that's all they need. However Chaucer writes them as hypocrites. Everyone needs money to survive, but churchmen are not always thought of to have humanly needs. They in fact do, so Chaucer achieves writing them as just normal human beings.
ReplyDeleteEnvy, Glutton, Pride, Greed are four of the seven deadly sins Chaucer uses in the tale. He uses them to criticize the people committing the sins. He says their actions of sinning have dire consequences, in this case it was death. The rioters committed Greed and Envy. All three of them were willing to kill just to make themselves richer. They all envied what they potentially could have, and were greedy by attempting to keep the gold for themselves. They were all stupid fools, and met their death.
In "The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale", Chaucer satarizes how foolish the pilgrims are and how greedy the Pardoner is. The Pardoner uses his title to pocket money from the pilgrims that give into his conniving ways. He convinces the pilgrims that the animal bones he has contain special healing powers and as the listeners cave in he is ready to take their money. The Pardoner is able to twist his sermons to revolve around what others say to make the people sound like they have done wrong.
ReplyDeleteOne of the deadly sins in the prologue is gluttony. The pardoner's over indulgence in alcohol later caused problems. The alcohol played a role in incest and violence such as murder when Lot and Herod became drunk. Chaucer shows that the men abuse fine dinning and become even more corrupt than they once were. Another would be greed. The Pardoner is wrapped up in his own lies. He abuses his title and lies to the pilgrims that he has special healing powers that are animal bones. In return he recieves their money. A Pardoner is suppose to be someone who helps others in need through faith but instead shows that the Pardoner is actually a crook. Chaucer says that "greed is the root to all evil" which instead of the Pardoner acting upon good intentions is only caring about himself. Greed has turned the Pardoner into being self conceited. Wrath is another deadly sin shown in the Pardoner's Tale. When the three rioters come across bags full of gold coins they send one of the rioters out to go fetch for some wine and bread. While he is gone the other two rioters come up with a plan to get rid of their other friend by killing him so that they recieve more wealth. When they go and kill Lots their plans back fired which also caused them death too. Chaucer shows how revenge can quickly come back at someone and how all three rioters were too oblivious. Lastly pride had taken place in the tale. Once the two rioters have killed their friend they still thought celebrating on their win would be smart since they had the convience of wine in their path. Although people usually celebrate for their good accomplishments chaucer chose to celebrate for their bad ideas. Pride had gotten to their heads and the two rioters became unaware of the poision in the wine. Chaucer shows that pride isn't always looked at as a good thing as it can easily lead to bad endings.
1.) Chaucer is satirizing people in general in the prologue and tale. He uses the Pardoner to deliver the satire however he is satirizing the Pardoner himself because he preaches to the people about God and their sins. As he does this, he explains how he lies and cheats people for their money because that is all he cares about. Chaucer is satirizing people's stupidity, hypocrisy, and deceitfulness. He satirizes stupidity by having the people trust in the Pardoner so easily just because he claims to know what he is doing. Also the stupidity that the men thought they could kill each other and get away with stealing gold. He satirizes people's hypocrisy by having the Pardoner "forgive" people of their sins but he is committing deadly sins by doing his job. Also, the men in the tale are hypocrites because Death killed their friend so they were going to kill Death but instead they ended up killing each other (which is also stupid). Finally,Chaucer satirizes deceitfulness of people because that is basically the Pardoner's job and then each one of the men wanted to turn on their friends just to become rich.
ReplyDelete2.) Chaucer criticizes gluttony and pride in the prologue and tale. He does this by having the Pardoner boast about how great of a cheat he is and how he will take money off of the poorest person. This explains how people take too much pride in themselves for the wrong things. He criticizes gluttony in the tale by negatively describing the young men in their drunken stage and then having the Pardoner go off on a rant and preach to the people. He also satirizes wrath and greed in the tale and prologue. Wrath is satirized by the men wanting to go and kill Death for murdering their friend. Greed is satirized by the men turning on each other because they want more of the gold. Both tie together because the main satire is that because of wrath and greed they end up killing themselves.
--- Chaucer satarizes sinners in the tale and prologue. Even though the Pardoner commits the same exact sins he preaches against he still does it anyway when he states in the prologue "I myself can preach against the vice of avarice that is my own device". He doesn't really care anyway, as long as his pockets are always full.
ReplyDeleteThe Pardoners tale revolves around a story that deals heavily with gluttony and greed. The Pardoners theme "Radix malorum est Cupiditas" or "greed is the root of evil" is what Chaucer bases some of his satire on. For example, during the Pardoner's rant, he criticizes the consumption of the fruit of the forbidden tree and how much food and drink men consume. He also attacks drunkenness claiming how "disfigured" and drunk man's face is, how "sour" their breath is. The list goes on, he also criticizes gamblers. It all revolves around sinners.
--- One Deadly Sin is greed. In the prologue, the Pardoner admits to "only preach to satisfy my greed". Greed carries over to the tale as well. The three men who all want the money for themselves all relate to greed. Chaucer tells us how greed can ultimately lead to death, as what happened to the men. A second Deadly Sin is pride. The Pardoner has pride in what he does when he claims "it's a joy to see my craftiness" in the prologue. A third Deadly Sin is gluttony. At the beginning of the tale, the Pardoner describes the group of people and at one particular part he tells how they "ate and drank beyond their might, so that they gave the devil sacrifice within the devil's temple by the vice of gluttony." Chaucer is criticizing drunkards and gluttony itself. A fourth Deadly Sin is wrath. When the man was slain by Death, the three me decided to rise up and defeat Death out of anger and vengeance. It's pretty ironic how these Deadly Sins actually prove to be deadly for the men. They went searching for death and, well, they found him.
Chaucer satirizes the Pardoner himself. Pardoners has the job of selling pardons to allow for forgiveness of sins. The pardoner in the tale admits to selling them just to cheat people out of money. Being a supposed man of God, the pardoner refuses to give up what he has and just follow Jesus. Instead he reaps many benefits and wastes them away. The pardoner is a target of satire because he is the exact opposite of what a true follower of Christ would be.
ReplyDeleteOne seven deadly sin in the tale/prologue is Pride. Pride is shown with the pardoner. He is proud of what he does to cheat people out of money and admitting what he does is a trick. Also instead of saving that money he goes and wastes it on alcohol and women which shows that he thinks he will always gain it back. The pardoner is also guilty of greed. He takes what little others have for himself and feels no shame about doing such because he is obtaining what he desires. Chaucer uses his pride and greed to again satirize the pardoner. The pardoner is a man of self-created holiness and he is using his sense of pride to show his corruption. Also Gluttony is a part of the tale involving the men at the bar. Their actions at the bar show that they have over indulged in wine. The over indulgence leads to swearing and the use of women. Chaucer uses the men to show the sinful nature of the people which allows for the pardoner to have a job. Lastly lust is another one of the seven deadly sins. Although it is mentioned briefly of the prostitutes the men at the bar purchase is a sign of lust. Those men have no other intention than sexual desires to have with those women. Chaucer uses the lust of the men to, again show corruption and the need for a pardoner to alleviate those deadly sins.
1. Chaucer satirizes the job and kind of person a pardoner himself is in the prologue and tale. The entire prologue is the Pardoner explaining how awful of a person he is. Chaucer did this as a way to make fun of and satirize a pardoners job and lifestyle. He is saying how his job is a complete lie and only is in it for the money. Pardoners are just taking money from the church and lying to people to better their own ways of life. They are huge sinners themselves, as described, and spend their money participating in some of the deadly sins. The entire job and life of a pardoner is a lie. The church is being scammed by these men. This is clear in the prologue and tale, showing that Chaucer is satirizing the life of a pardoner.
ReplyDelete2. Four of the seven deadly sins that are used in the Pardoners Tale and Prologue are gluttony, greed, lust, and pride. Gluttony is mentioned quite often throughout the entire tale. He mentions how awful and horrid gluttony is to the point of brining Adam and Eve and original sin into the picture. He uses the explanation of this sin more than any of the others. Greed is also important in this tale. The pardoner says "Radix malorum est Cupiditas" which means greed is the root of evil. Lust is mentioned with the hookers and the giving and selling of fruit. Pride is is shown because the pardoner is proud of his money and belongings and not ashamed of all his sin. The 3 men in the actual tale also act with pride when acting very poorly to the old man they come in contact with. Chaucer is using all of these deadly sins combined in order to firstly satirize the pardoner and secondly satirize and criticize the church and its beliefs. Chaucer is showing what a mockery the pardoner and the church's beliefs have become. The pardoner is supposed to be this church like man who helps with others sins. In reality however, he is the one who is committing all the sins himself. The church's beliefs are being criticized because Chaucer is showing that many people lived their lives in full indulgence of some or even all of the deadly sins. They are continually present in the tale because they were continually present in the time of Chaucer.
1. In the prologue and the tale, Chaucer is satarizing the pardoner. This is done by showing that the pardoner is only in it for the money because he admits to being able to trick the country people since they are not well educated. A pardoner is supposed to be a man of God. But Chaucer is making him out to be a compulsive sinner. This is satarizing pardoners of the time.
ReplyDelete2. One deadly sin is gluttony. This is introduced by the pardoner when he says that gluttony was most committed sin. But Chaucer uses this to help in satarizing the pardoner because he would over-indulge in drinking himself. Slothfulness is also a deadly sin in the tale. This was also used to satarize the pardoner. He had no desire to work for a living, so he would become a pardoner and take advantage of the less educated people for easy money. The Pardoner's pride is very high. He believes so much in his abilities to take advantage of these people that he will go against his faith to help him. Also, the pardoner had much greed. He desired to be wealthy and would go against his faith to achieve wealthiness.
1. The Seven Deadly Sins is used for the satire. The story of a group of men who do nothing but commit sins, and the relation of the Pardoner's shortcomings help this. The pardoner is part of the satire, as he is supposed to be a religious figure, yet openly admits to being Greedy, one of the seven Deadly Sins. The group of men in the tale are accused of Gluttony, among other sins as well. The same sin is denounced by the Pardoner, who is guilty of the same sins, and openly admits it. The use of satire shows the Pardoner of being in the eyes of the lord just as bad as those he is criticizing.
ReplyDelete2.One of the deadly sins is Gluttony, and it is used for satire. It is used to show the Pardoner as a hypocrite who actively criticizes those who partake in it within the story. Greed is also used for the same purpose, although the Pardoner does not murder anyone because of it, unlike the men in the tale. Wrath is utilized in order to criticize the men, who get enraged and attempt on each others' lives, ending in the death of all three. Finally, Envy is also used to criticize the men, who are overcome with it when finding the gold, taking it for themselves.
Chaucer satarizes religion in the prologue and tale primarily by highlighting how hypocritical certain proponents of religion are. The strongest example of this is the Pardoner himself, who confesses he is not a moral man, but can tell a good moral tale. Chaucer focuses especially on how the Pardoner makes his entire living preying off the ignorant and simpleminded to fill his wallet. Unlike the Prioress, he is able to comprehend what he is, saying many times that he prefers money, good food and wine, as well as the power to manipulate someone psychologically. This self-knowledge, however, does little to redeem him. The Pardoner is merely part
ReplyDeleteof the larger picture to Chaucer, who uses his poetry to criticize the social norms of the time, especially institutions like religion.
Gluttony- This is characterized through the overindulgence of physical pleasure. The Pardoner is a very clear example of this sin because he does not practice what he preaches. Before he will even relate his tale, he asks the Host for a drink. According to his own ideals, this is evil because it leads to a loss of sound judgement.
Greed- What sets Greed apart from Gluttony is a greedy person's drive to obtain material wealth and possessions, as well as the imbalance that this creates in his/her life. Wealth is gained at the expense of negative impacts on another person's life as well. The connection to the Pardoner is obvious to the reader. The man makes his living off of other peoples' suffering and hardship.
Pride- The sin of Pride can be defined as an excessive satisfaction with one's accomplishments. The Pardoner demonstrates this because he is willing and even boastful of his ability to fool his followers into believing that he is a righteous man. "I spit out my venom under the color of holiness, to seem holy and true".
Sloth- Sloth is characterized by physical, emotional, or in the Pardoner's case, spiritual apathy. The Pardoner largely neglects the teachings of the Bible and doesn't care about the implications regarding his salvation at all. He shows little incentive to work an honest job and is content as little more than a beggar.
Chaucer uses all four of these traits to demonstrate the hypocrisy present in church officials and policies of the time. The Pardoner is merely a symbol he uses in his writing to convey a central theme.
1. In the Pardoner’s Tale, Chaucer targets gamblers with his satire, which is odd considering he was one. He says that gambling is “blasphemy of Christ, manslaughter, waste of time and property. To be disgraced, that’s what it is, dishonorable, defaming, to be held one who takes to common gambling.” And that “the judgment of opinion will be such his reputation’s bound to suffer much.” Chaucer is basically using the Pardoner to say that gamblers are the lowest form. He implies that gambling stimulates perjuries and that it is a waste of time and money. He also relates different historical occurrences that condemn it.
ReplyDelete2. Radix malorum est cupiditas appears multiple times throughout the prologue and the tale. It means, “The love of money is the root of all evil.” The three men become greedy and lustful when they find gold. Two of them decide to scheme a murder against the third man that went to the town. However, they were oblivious to the fact that he had malicious intentions as well, so after he was stabbed to death the two men drank the poisoned wine and died, too. Their sins of greed and lust led to evil. The three of them got so caught up in their desires for wealth and envy of one another that they didn’t see the big picture and ended up dead.
The pardoner was proud of his deceiving ways. He knew that preaching about the sins that the people were most likely to commit would help him earn money. He constantly brags by saying things like “That it’s a joy to see my craftiness.” He even boasted about the sins that he committed and admitted to his immorality. His blatant confession shows us how foolish he is.
Gluttony is over indulgence of something, usually alcohol or food. The pardoner described gluttony as the original sin that corrupted the world. One form of it is being drunk. Drunkenness is considered a sin because it causes you to lose your ability to reason. When the three men at the tavern over indulge in wine, it leads to cussing and lechery. The pardoner also alludes the biblical story of Lot and claims that Lot committed incest because he was drunk. It also had influence on Herod's decision to behead John the Baptist. Gluttony was naively engaged in both of these situations that lead to murder and incest. It contrasts the Pardoner because he does not practice what he preaches. He wasn’t able to go on with his exemplum until he drank something.
1. In the tale and the prologue, Chaucer satirizes the Pardoner in many ways. The Pardoners have to prove themselves to the rest of society to be able to gain reliance and credibility. However in the Prologue, the Pardoner acts in a way that makes fun of the people and he does whatever he wants. He blatantly lies to the people multiple times in the poem. For example in lines 408 and 409 Chaucer says “has often come from less than good intent: to please the folks, to offer flattery” which shows that he is deliberately telling the people that he is a liar and just wants money and to be happy. Chaucer is making fun of the Pardoners by ridiculing the way they only want money and they are proud of the way they act. Chaucer portrays them as frauds and explains that they are proud of it. The Pardoner deceits to the people that he speaks Latin however he barely knows the language. Chaucer once again satirizes characters in the poem and he characterizes the Pardoners.
ReplyDelete2. In the poem, Chaucer uses the seven deadly sins to satirize and criticize. One of the deadly sins, pride, is used within the Pardoner’s prologue. In line 399 Chaucer says “That it’s a joy to see my craftiness”. This quote explains how the pardoner brags about the sins he has committed and his immorality. In the beginning of the Pardoner’s Tale, Chaucer describes the 3 drunken guys gambling at the bars. He uses the deadly sign gluttony, the original sin, to show that all they do is intoxicate them and they do not care about anything else. The lines 467 and 468 show that this is all they do by Chaucer saying “They’d dance and play at dice both day and night. They also ate and drank beyond their might”. And in line 504 Chaucer says “Corrupt was all the world with gluttony” again describing that the only thing the guys care about is alcohol. Chaucer also explains the deadly sin of lust by showing that the pardoner was a proud man who claims he spoke in Latin to show off this lust. The Pardoner boasted about his sins that he has done in line 421 by saying “I spit my venom under holiness’s hue”. Another deadly sin he describes is sloth. Chaucer illustrates the Pardoner as a righteous man however he does not follow through his own teachings. He admits that he only cares about living a luxurious life by saying in line 433 “I only preach to satisfy my greed”. The pardoner shows no desire to work with his own hands and admits his aversion for poverty. The seven deadly sins are shown throughout this poem by Chaucer criticizing each of them.
Chaucer satarizes women in the beginning by talking about the prostitutes. He says they are selling their fruit and he also talks about incest with the father. He then talks about non christians and what the people thought about them during that time period.
ReplyDeleteI found 4 of the seven deadly sins in the poem. First is pride. The narrator is very proud of his work and what he does. The pardoner says "and with this trick i've won" saying he enjoys tricking the people into believing his pardons are real. He continues showing pride by saying "that it's a joy to see my craftiness". Greed is another sin presented by the Pardon. He says "but briefly my intent i'll summarize, it's greed alone that makes me sermonize". He again says later in the poem "I only preach to satisfy my greed". A third deadly sin mentioned in the poem was gluttony. The pardon says that he drinks his money. Lastly, lust can be found in the poem. When the Pardon talks about the girls selling fruit, this could be considered lust. If it's a prostitute, you don't have genuine feelings for them, you just sexually desire them.
Chaucer is satirizing the common people of his time. He displays this in the tale by making the characters weak to greed and revenge. The group of men hear that their friend was slain by a mysterious figure named Death. The men then seek revenge on Death, which is the deadly sin wrath. An old man they come across tells them that they could find Death under an oak tree in a grove. When they arrive, they discover bushels of gold. They devise a plan to steal the gold but in the end, kill each other to keep it for themselves. Their greed led them to commit murder on one another. The commoners are weak to their own desires and are not able to stay true to god.
ReplyDeleteThe four deadly sins used in the prologue and the tale are gluttony, greed, pride, and wrath. The pardoner describes in detail how gluttony is the worst of all sins and caused the fall of mankind, although he admits to gluttony himself. He enjoys to overindulge in alcohol and get drunk. Another deadly sin described by Chaucer is greed. The pardoner himself and the characters in his tale display extreme greed. The pardoner takes money from people by tricking them into buying fake relics and issuing pardons. He is selfish and only looks to improve his own well-being. The three men in the tale are greedy and want to keep the gold for themselves. They go as far as to kill each other in order to make sure they acquire it. Pride is also described in the prologue. The pardoner takes money from people by lying and deceiving them. He knows what he does is wrong but he is proud of it. He boasts about his wealth and takes great pride in his life. This deep satisfaction in his life was considered a deadly sin. The last sin portrayed in the tale is wrath. The three men hear that their friend was slain by a figure called Death. They become angry and decide to find and kill Death to avenge their friend. This extreme hatred and desire for revenge is the deadly sin wrath. Chaucer uses these deadly sins to criticize the job of a pardoner. He describes the pardoner's extreme greed, gluttony, and pride to show that the job of a pardoner is to cheat people out of money to promote their own lives. They are proud of what they do and the way they live their life. Chaucer also uses the deadly sins to satirize the commoners of the time. He uses the tale to tell that the people were weak. They often performed acts of gluttony and greed because they were weak to their own desires.
The Prologue is a satire in its self in some ways because branches of the Church make untrue accusations making people scared and use it to make money.
ReplyDeleteGluttony is the over indulgence of food and drink. The pardoner said that gluttony was the sin that corrupted the world and gluttony is drunkenness. Drunkenness is sinful because a man loses ability to make sense. The three men were guilty of gluttony when they over indulged in wine at the tavern that eventually led to swearing and lechery.Also found in the pardoner is slothfulness. The pardoner showed no desire to work on his own. He admits he doesn't like poverty and expressed his preference to live in luxury.The pardoner was also a very proud man but never followed his word and bragged. At the conclusion of the tale, he reveals his reason for, preaching against avarice just to sell fake relics to the travelers.
In The Pardoners Prologue Chaucer satarizes the traveling member of the clergy who is selling pardons. Or even get out of hell free cards. He also satarizes the church by mocking the seven deadly sins and someone who he may have had a personal issue with.
ReplyDeleteThe first is Gluttony. The Pardoner said Gluttony was the sin that corrupted the world. The first example is drunkenness. The three men were guilty of this when they over induldged themseleves with wine at the tavern. The pardoner was also a proud man while others were not as educated or successful as he was. He spoke in Latin to show off his ability to know a sophisticated language. He was such a bragger that he boasted the sins he had committed. And the last two the sins of greed and lust. Three men became extremely greedy when they found bushels of money under a tree. They sent the one man into town to fetch food and drink and they planned to kill him. little did they know the man getting supplies had a devious plan as well. He bought three bottles of wine and filled two with rat poison. When he got back his two partners stabbed him to death and after drank the wine. The two later died from the poison in the drink. The three men were so concerned with their earthly desire wealth and they were so envious of each other that they ultimately failed to "see" death.
In "The Pardoner's Tale," Geoffrey Chaucer is satirizing the traveling member of the clergy who is selling sin apology cards, which is another way of presenting the scams that the church had for sale. We can see this in the text when he admits that he preaches for the cash rather than for the church and faith in the lord. The tale goes on to satirize the work that the clergy did at that time, such as selling forgiveness to the highest bidder to make a quick buck.
ReplyDeleteThe first example comes as Gluttony when the three men were over indulged in wine at the tavern that eventually led to swearing and lechery. This shows the stupidity of people of the time when one of the men committed incest. The second example, is greed, shown when the pardoner states that his intention is to win money, not at all to cast out sins. Chaucer uses this to satirize the true meaning of the church and its members. They are not truthful to their faith just the money.Third, is sloth which is present as we take a closer look at the pardoner and his false sense of pride for the church. His lack of effort actually makes others commit the sins. Finally, lust is present when you look at the effect of money on a person. It can control your emotions and actions. This lust causes them to be so overwhelmed by their earthly desires and ambitions that they failed to see the effects of their sinful actions. This is a satire of the pardoner's whole mission.
In the pardoner's prologue and tale, Chaucer begins to satirize people in general instead of institutions like he did in previous tales. He pokes fun at how naive people can be. In the prologue, he explains how the pardoner is a fake, but the people are too foolish to realize his relics are not real and his Latin words are only an act. In the tale, he shows how people can be naive and sinful by telling a story of three men who continue to sin without even knowing it.
ReplyDeleteFour of the seven deadly sins that Chaucer points out in this section are gluttony, greed, wrath, and pride. In the prologue, the pardoner is a sinner himself. He shows pride by talking about himself in a very boastful manner, and also expresses greed by telling be pilgrims he only cares about making money. In the tale, the three men overindulge in food and drink, seek vengeance on Death, and become greedy when they find the gold. Chaucer uses these sins to point out how easy they are to commit. People are so afraid of them, yet they don't realize how typical they are among the human race. He shows how they are nearly unavoidable.
---Chaucer satirizes pardoners and the general public. In the prologue he openly admits he is a fake, a liar, a scammer, and a sinner. Which was directly intended for pardoners. Then the general public is satirized for falling for his tricks.
ReplyDelete--- First we see pride when the pardoner is telling he is a fake. This later comes back at him at the end of the story when he tries to sell pardons to the other travelers. The next sin seen is gluttony. It is described to be the beginning of problems. Then he uses wrath when the people go to avenge their friend. This makes them easily fooled by the old man when the go into the forest. At the end of the tale the friend die because of greed. Chaucer uses the sins to show the corruption they create in people.
1) Chaucer uses satire against the ordinary people now. He tells a story of a pardoner and the pardoner is very honest with his people and tells them the horrible things he does but the people just want to be pardoned of their sins so they listen to him.
ReplyDelete2) The Seven Deadly sins are scattered through out the prologue and the tale. Towards the end of the prologue greed, gluttony and lust is shown by the pardoner. He says that he "only preaches to satisfy his greed". You would think a pardoner does the job the be a good person, but the pardoner only wants to satisfy his own needs and no one else's. He also sins with gluttony and lust because he says that he "will drink the liquor of the vine and have a jolly wench in every town". This basically means that he gets drunk and buys a hooker. Lastly, throughout the whole tale the Pardoner takes pride in himself for being so greedy and sneaky with the poor people he pardons.
- - - In the Pardoner's prologue and tale, Chaucer satirizes clergymen on several occasions. Chaucer says, "With even priests as lovers, two or three." This is showing Chaucer taking a shot at the clergymen for committing sin by having more than one wife or lover. Chaucer also satirizes the Pardoner in the prologue. Chaucer was a gambler in his time, and he most likely was cheated by a Pardoner, and that is why he uses such a large amount of satire against them. The Pardoner is a cheat who uses the churches power in order to make money for himself, and by Chaucer satirizing the Pardoner, he is ultimately satirizing the corrupt church system.
ReplyDelete- - - In the Pardoner's prologue and tale, gluttony, lust, greed, and sloth. Chaucer uses gluttony to describe the drunken youths over indulgence in partying and gambling. Lust was used to describe what happened with the partying youth. In came, "All neat and trim, and young girls selling fruit." This shows that prostitutes were around these men. Chaucer uses greed in the Pardoner's tale to show how greedy and sinful the Pardoner is. The Pardoner is willing to trick any person for extra money, even though he already is wealthy enough. He causes others to suffer for his own personal gain making him greedy. Chaucer also uses sloth to satirize the Pardoner. The Pardoner would boast about how he would never get a real job, and would rather trick people to get money because of his own personal laziness. The Pardoner would rather obtain money easily in a sinful way instead of doing things the correct way. Chaucer uses all of these deadly sins in order to satirize and criticize what the pardoner, and these youths are doing. He is showing how corrupt the society is.
1) Chaucer satirizes the Church as a whole, pardoners and clergy. He satirizes the Church somewhat indirectly THROUGH attacking the pardoner and clergy: "Why support an institution that supports and provides income to tainted people such as this?" seems to be his statement. Chaucer attacks all clergy members through the Pardoner's statement with which he authenticates his pardons: "My patent with the bishop's seal I show / TO help safeguard my person as I go / That no man be so bold, though priest or clerk / As to obstruct me in Christ's holy work." In these few lines, Chaucer seeks to point out flaws in the Church THROUGH its hierarchy.
ReplyDeleteChaucer attacks the Pardoner (and pardoners in general) by making him out to be a wicked, vile human being. The Pardoner describes his own typical church sermons this way: "I take great pains to give a HAUGHTY speech / And ring it out as roundly as a bell" The Pardoner freely states that his "relics" are not authentic, and therefore he does not believe in his work, nor is it for the benefit of souls: "And then I show to them like precious stones / My long glass cases crammed with rags and bones / For these are relics (SO THEY THINK)." The Pardoner also describes himself as a greedy person (through which Chaucer further satirizes him): "And with this trick I've won each year about / A hundred marks since first I started out."
2) Several deadly sins are used in both the prologue and the tale. Chaucer uses these sins to satirize people who do them, also the sins themselves.
a) The Pardoner describes his own greed thusly: "And with this trick I've won each year about / A hundred marks since first I started out" He uses the sin to satirize the Pardoner -- to make him seem small and unenviable, in spite of the fact that perhaps his WEALTH is inviable.
b) The Pardoner says: "And then I show to them like precious stones / My long glass cases crammed with rags and bones / For these are relics (SO THEY THINK)." to illustrate that he doesn't actually care about authenticity, and therefore does not care about the spiritual lives of those he sermonizes. Chaucer criticizes the gullibility of people, in this description of their easy belief in the falsehood presented them.
c) Gluttony is demonstrated in the following: "I'll have my money, wool and food, though it / Be from some page whose property is site / Or from the poorest widow in the shire: / Although his kids be starving, I'll be fine" With this, Chaucer criticizes the motives behind gluttony for money and power.
d) Pride is demonstrated whiten the Pardoner says: "The Apostle has with so much pity mourned: / So many walk that way whom I have warned / I say this weeping, with piteous voice / Foes of the cross of Christ, if that's their choice. / For which the end is death Their god's the belly." The Pardoner here says that non-believers end up in a very bad way UNLIKE HIMSELF, he is blinded by his pride and cannot se that he is also very much lacking in true faith or goodness.
I believe that Chaucer is, more superficially, satirizing frauds and falsehoods within the church and supposed pardoners and religious zealots that endeavor through sins to preach and "save." After all, in the Prologue, as the Pardoner tells his story, he outright confesses to his deceit, and admits his fraudulent doings, such as when he pulls out his bag of trinkets; false idols for others' reckoning. The Pardoner also admits that he cared not so much for the sanctity of others from sin, but rather for satiating his own lusts, such as from the lines, "For my exclusive purpose is to win/
ReplyDeletenot at all to castigate their sin/ Once dead what matter how their souls may fare? / They can go blackberrying for all I care!" In the tale, I believe that Chaucer is criticizing the overindulgence and motivations of people to do wrong by gluttony and greed, two deadly sins that were just the tip of Chaucer's pen. He spends the beginning of his story ranting, delineating from his story once even to go on a tirade of a sermon exposing faults of men as they commit several deadly sins. He satirizes youth, who are drunk and gluttonous as they seek out an illusive Death figure, as he means to say that they denounce themselves through their drunken actions. For instance, he says, "There’s lechery in wine and drunkenness/ See, how your drunken Lot unnaturally/ Lay with his two daughters, unknowingly;/ So drunk was he, he knew not what he wrought." He means to criticize people for their negligent behavior as a result of committing these sins, attempting to show their incursions and consequences through the satire.
While The Pardoner goes off on his tempered tangent sermon of sorts in the Tale, he outlines several deadly sins that he finds to be particularly abundant around him. He first strikes down gluttony, which is the overindulgence of man toward anything, be it food, sex, power, etc. He even puts it in the context of the bible, stating that it was gluttony that drove Mankind to eat of the fruit of knowledge in the Garden of Eden, thus sealing his fate. He mainly satirizes drunkenness, which is a prime example of overindulgence to a fault, as it drives the youth in the story to not only plot each other's demise over money, but to ultimately meet a conclusive demise through poisoning, owed to their own negligence and carelessness. Lust is also a deadly sin evident in Chaucer's criticism in the tale, as it was the lust for the money underneath the tree, or "Death" as it was so aptly named, that drove the youth to turn on one another and to their eventual demise. Greed is a deadly sin that encompasses the two previously mentioned, as it is a sin of excess. However, unlike the others, greed is more directly related to material possessions. This is symbolized by none other than the Pardoner himself, who admitted previously to caring more about the people's money than their sanctity. One can argue that Sloth is even a deadly sin evident here, more so in the spiritual laziness of the Pardoner and even the youth that were the subjects of criticism in the Tale. After all, God-fairing men aim to adhere to His word, consciously attempting to redirect their ways away from sin and to His higher calling. Although we all are destined to fall short of this expectation, the fact that we try is enough in His eyes. Those that, therefore, choose to turn from His grace, and neglect to heed to His calling cross the deadly sin of the Sloth, therefore choosing to be lackadaisical in their faith. Chaucer uses these sins as criticism for those that so frivolously disobey God's law.
- I believe Chaucer satarizes the Pardoner at that time. By giving the pardoner in his tale a description thought to be feminine with traits of greed and selfishness, he is depicting a pardoner with some exaggeration. The Pardoner in the tale tricks people into buying faker pardons and cheap goods. He says that he can forgive their sins and that all they had to do was buy a pardon. The pardoner didn't care if the people put their hearts into believing in him, he just wanted their money. This is an act of definite greed.
ReplyDelete- I believe the Pardoner's prologue showed the sins of greed, wrath, gluttony, and envy. The Pardoner admitted to selling false relics and pardons just so he could make money and didn't care about the little money that people had on them. This shows the Pardoner is greedy. The Pardoner also says that he sells the fake pardons as a way to get back at the church and anyone that has offended him. This shows the sin of wrath. The Pardoner, being so greedy, also said how he doesn't care how much money people had to buy things. He just wanted more money to buy excess of cheese and wine. This shows gluttony. In the Pardoner's Tale, there are three rioters that actually ended up dying as a result from drunkeness and a want for gold. Each were jealous of whoever was able to get their hands on the gold and they came to the point of being dead when one tried to get the gold for himself. This shows the sin of envy. These sins were used to satarize and criticize the ways of the Catholic Church by saying that it was corrupt.