"The Canterbury Tales"

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The paper analyzes Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", describing how the Parson presents a morally and ethically idealized character, which is placed at the apex of the Christian Church's clergy. The paper further discusses how the Prioress, the Friar, and the Pardoner all represent lower hierarchical figures in the Christian servants of the Church. The Prioress makes a limited devotion to the Church through her families wealth; the Friar is an immoral sexual deviant, and finally, the Pardoner steals his followers' money so that he may live better than they.

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"In this study The Pardoner's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer will examined through the perspective of the religious clergy in the overall moral and ethical schematics of the Canterbury Tales. By comparing and contrasting the societal position of the Parson, one can evaluate the roles of the Prioress, Friar, and Pardoner within the religious hierarchy of Chaucer's text. In essence, with the Parson has the elite position of religious society, as well as the high water mark of religiosity, the varying views on the clergy is depicted by Chaucer on the lower the ranks of the Christian Church. These various aspects of the Christian Clergy will be analyzed within The Pardoner's Tale and the General Prologue of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales."

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