Canterbury Tales

In the Canterbury tales we see examples of greed is the root of all evil and self-same sovereignty. Greed is the root of all evil is shown in two stories. In the Prologue the people of the church abuse their powers and don’t follow the rules of the church. For example the Nun takes extra food and takes it home to feed her dogs. Also the Squire is selfish and not committed to being a knight.

In the Pardoner’s tale there were three brothers that would die for each other and trusted each other. They went looking for death to kill him. On the journey they came across an old man that pointed them towards death but instead the brothers found money. They ended up killing each other for the money. Due to them being greedy once they had money.

In the Wife of Bath we learn about a guy that takes advantage of women. He is sent out to learn about what women really want. He learns that women want self-same sovereignty. In this time period I don’t think we see self-same sovereignty. I do think women fight for it a lot more and try to make their marriage equal but not everyone is like that. I do think there is a lot of greed is the root of all evil in this time period. People take advantage of having money and would rather have money than friends.