Between the Pardoner's Tale and his Prologue a connection of the theme of morality can be drawn. In both, he describes vices and tells of their consequences. In the prologue the Pardoner is straightforward about sins and their consequences. However, in the story he uses the moral of the story to teach a lesson in an indirect way. The Pardoner speaks generally about sins, while his tale seem to focus on greed and envy. The Pardoner even seems hypocritical because he tells a story in which there is a moral that teaches other to live in the opposite way that he lives. He takes money from people seeking repentance in exchange for a fraud of a pardon.
The Pardoner's Tale quite different from that of the Miller and Knight. The Miller and Knight seem to try to live by the morals presented in their tales. However, the Pardoner is just the opposite. He is similar to the three young men in that they share similar desires of greed. Also, the Knight shared similar qualities with characters in his tale because he told a tale about Knights. The Miller was very humorous, and so was his tale. All of the characters have similar connections to their tale. The major difference so far is that the Pardoner is the first one to not live by the moral he teaches, unlike the Knight or Miller.
