Examples Of Greed In The Pardoner

The Pardoner tells the story for the reasons of him showing how he is greedy, manipulative, and shameless. One reason the Pardoner tells the story is that he is greedy. The way to find out that he is greedy is by how he says it on his own. The Pardoner states, “. . . and all my antics are a joy to see. / The curse of avarice and cupidity . . .” (lines 16-17). The Pardoner right of the bat tells he is greedy with less than twenty words. He uses the term “antics and cupidity” which means the desire to gain wealth: greed. The Pardoner also says, “But let me briefly make my purpose plain; / I preach for nothing but for greed of gain / And use the same old text, as bold as brass, / Radix malorum est cupiditas.” (lines 41-44). He says he preaches for nothing, meaning what he tells others is a lie and does not mean a single thing. He uses the saying “Radix malorum est cupiditas” to fool those he is fooling which he clearly also states that the purpose he

He has no care in the world of what he does for a living and seems like he does not plan to change either. He says, “Once dead what matter how their souls may fare? / They can go blackberrying for all I care!” (lines 23-24). He clearly has no shame by the way he talks about the poor souls once they pass. He claims that they can go “blackberrying” for all he cares; more less meaning they can go get lost after giving all their money to him. The Pardoner also states, “I mean to have money, wool and cheese and wheat / Though it were given me by the poorest lad / Or the poorest village widow, though she had a string of starving children, all agape.” (lines 66-69). The pardoner brags about what he wants to have, but in a way offends those who make his living. He mentions a poor widow with a bunch of hungry kids and still takes what his given to him. He shows no remorse for taking things that were in exchange for pardons, which all happened to be