Symbolism Of Gold In The Pardoner's Tale

When the Pardoner begins his tale the first thing that the pardoner condemns is vengeance and drunkenness. At the beginning of the story in a tavern three drunk friends learn that one of their closes friends has died; when they learn that “Death” was the responsible for his dismissal, the three fiends swear that they will avenge their late friend by

Money, maybe the strongest obstacle in everyone's life. It can break you, and make you even do the things you never thought you would do. Everyone is said to say ¨money doesn't buy happiness.” (Jean Seberg) Then again at the same time, ¨happiness is everything,¨ and maybe money won´t buy you true happiness but it will give you the ¨thought¨ of being happy. Three brothers will soon go out and try and find something, death. They did not realize it would be in the worse of their odds, at the same time they do get what they were looking for.

This is simply an easy way for the Pardoner to trick others into feeding his infinite appetite for greed (Boenig 4). Another example of this shows that the Pardoner "ha[s] a cross of metal set with stones/ And, in a glass, a rubble of pigs' bones." (Chaucer 695-66). These were more so-called "relics" which the Pardoner defrauds others into obtaining. Virtues of honesty and godliness are never displayed in the Pardoner's persona. The absence of such qualities makes Chaucer's ambition of showing hypocrisy amongst society easily attainable.

During the Middle Ages, The Canterbury Tales was the first major English literary work of Geoffrey Chaucer. One of Chaucer’s classic tales, “The Pardoner’s Tale,” establishes a concrete image of the Pardoner’s greed. Chaucer uses “The Pardoner’s Tale” to expose that “greed is the root of all evil” through verbal, situational and dramatic irony.

Gold is a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. When you talk about gold being in a person or something it means that they are special or nothing can compare to it. The sunrise is symbolizing the start to a beautiful day and life. In the novel the word gold is used as something rare or so special you want to keep it forever and ever.

At the end of the story, the three rioters were directed to a tree where “Death lie in wait.” Under said tree, the rioters found gold, and forgot

When the three friends set out to avenge their friend they find gold, and it blinds them. It makes them forget about their friend and the avenging they only care for the wealth and power this gold can give them. Not only does the gold set them off track, it causes their death, in fact, greed is what causes their death. Although the gold was a lot and it was plenty enough for each when they divide it, their greed forced them to want more. Their desire for wealth forced to want to kill each other. In the end they all end up dead, victims of their greed. Chaucer shows the reader that mans greed and desire for power and wealth will have disastrous consequences, in this case death. The irony in the pardoners tale is that the men set out to find Death and they indeed find it, but have they found Death, the person. Although he is of unclear identity, the old man can be interpreted as Death, or his form on earth. A lot of mystery and unanswered questions concern the old man, however, from the text the reader can hint that he is some form of Death. The old man is the one who directed the men right to the gold and most likely knew what the men’s fait was. In general, the message Chaucer is trying to convey through his story is that greed is a sin, and it causes horrible

This poem is a narrative about how nothing gold can stay. It is telling about anything perfect and beautiful and how they end up not staying. For example, when a baby is born and a mother gets to see her child for the first time, that is gold. Once it grows up it will not be innocent and perfect.

Throughout the story, The pardoner's Tale, Chaucer writes of topics often still written about today. He mentions greed, violence, and death. The characters he creates are especially memorable and can be compared to characters in modern literature which makes it easier to understand. Chaucer writes about a group of quarreling rioters who’s lack of intelligence helps add some comedy to the story. He also adds in a wise, yet “very poor old man”(174) who indirectly hints at what would help them find “a privy thief… called Death”(173) that they seek. Chaucer's memorable rhetoric is capped off when the men find greed, in the form of a large sum of gold, which causes them to conspire and kill each other. In the end they found the Death they were looking for. This clever storytelling makes the plot particularly clear and straightforward compared to The Wife of Bath’s drawn out vagueness. Chaucer's easily relatable characters and cleaver but understandable plot make The Pardoner's Tale much more

The pardoner’s tale depicts that the seven deadly sins inflict human with harsh punishment. The three drunken men who are looking for the death are punished by it through seven deadly sins that once committed; the possibility to go to the heaven abates. Their each sin brings another sin so they later will be end up in extensive sin which is abolished from salvation. Three guys were guilty of gluttony, indulging in wine and lost their ability to think. When they find gold, they become very envious of each other and greedy for wealth. Gluttony unconsciously leads human to murder. When it meets with envy and avarice it is the worst sins. The sins of gluttony, envy, and avarice lead them to the death that they desire to face to.

In the tale, three young rioters discover that a good friend has died and they mistakenly believe he was killed by a man named Death. They pledge that they will find Death and avenge their friend. As they embark on their quest, they pass by an old man and criticize his age. They inquire about Death, and the old man mentions that he left Death by a tree. The rioters proceed to the tree, but find a pile of gold florins rather than Death. Ultimately, the three young men kill each other in a vain attempt to increase their personal share of the gold. Thus, the young men set out to find Death and they succeeded in their search. Their greed was the cause of their demise. The Pardoner is analogous to the rioters because

“Nothing gold can stay”, When it says nothing gold can stay means nothing good can stay so when something good is happening it can’t stay forever. Gold means good, Johnny in the Outsiders is “Gold”. Johnny is one of youngest in the gang and he would end killing himself if he didn’t have the gang around him. Johnny is a greaser, he is 16 years old, at home is family beats him or yells at him, he know as the gang's pet. His gang kept him alive and the reason why he is so good is that his family beats him but yet he so nice to everyone and he also thinks that fighting is no good.

The Pardoner in Chaucer's time was known as a greedy person with people and his money. Also, the Pardoner teaches us how death is inevitable, and death is personified as a thief who pierces the heart of his victims. ¨The Pardoner stands in the pulpit and preaches very rapidly about the sin of avarice so as to intimidate the members into donating money.¨ This quotation from the tale is explaining how the pardoner's job worked and the members would donate money after the confession.

One line of this poem is Nothing gold can stay.The literal meaning of this part of the poem is stating the growth and winter ending.The metaphoric is that you will never get your innocence back.In the novel the Outsiders,a boy named Johnny will not get his innocence back.Johnny's good friend Pony is being drowned by a Soc named Bob and Johnny decides to kill him.Johnny says "I killed him,I killed that boy" you can tell that Johnny was shocked and scarred.Johnny's innocence will never come back to him after killing Bob.

When the pardoner is through with his tale, he does not forget to remind the congregation about making their offering to him, so that they may protect themselves from avarice and against sin. The pardoner shows no sign of sympathy or remorse towards his acts upon those whom he cheats. This is one of the many greedy tricks that the pardoner performs to fool and steal from the people.