The Canterbury Tales Story of the Pardoner

The story of the Pardoner is one of moral lessons, that teaches us to not to be blinded by our own human imperfections and to not take this life for granted. I believe through the Pardoners tale, Chaucer was trying to a make a point that whether or not we choose to seek Death, Death will find us. The foolish men in this story deserve what they received for not following the right way of life. Chaucer was also trying to show that Death's plan is evident in all things, even in the schemes of foolish drunks In the beginning of the story of the three young men, a dead body goes by while they're drinking in a bar. This dead body happens to be a friend of theirs. A servant boy tells them Death is the culprit who is going around killing everyone. The three rioters decide- drunkenly-to go find this Death and kill him. …