The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a collection of stories about a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Cathedral. In this book, the pardoner and the reeve show polar opposite characters in many ways. The Forgiver is a beautiful blond-haired man loved by all. However, he is very corrupt and intelligent and sells fake religious materials to people who give great compliments. On the other hand, the reeve is a very serious and honest businessman. He is smart enough to know what criminals think and do. The Pardoner's Story tells a great example (or tale?) of seven deadly sins, and Reeve's Story pokes fun at the Miller. These men of very different characteristics tell stories that humans are always punished for being greedy. The dishonest pardoner and the honest reeve have different purposes in telling their stories, but their stories have the same main theme; sins deserve punishment. The Forgiver tells readers that money and greed are the root of all evil in this tale. In his story there are three drunken men who, one day, decide to find Death and destroy him. They ask an old man where Death is and he points to the tree where there is a lot of gold. When they find the gold they only think about getting as much of it as possible and end up planning to kill each other. Three men are unaware of their evil and, as a result, they all die. By telling this story that involves no interaction with his behavior, the forgiver denies his own morality and advises other people how they should live their lives to avoid sins. In the reeve's tale, the miller, Symkyn, is very well known for stealing other people's property. Two college students, John and Aleyn, have their corn stolen by that miller... middle of paper... he's not greedy at all because he doesn't flaunt the fact that he's rich. He is loyal to his lord and a hard-working businessman and is free from laziness, lust and gluttony. He is a perfect example of the human being living his life to the fullest, not committing mortal sins unlike the pardoner. He disgusts the miller in the book who is very greedy and lustful. He warns the miller that he will be punished because in his story he says "He who does evil must not expect good." Analyze the miller of the book with the miller of the tale Symkym; greed will bring him disaster and punish him with fate. These completely different characters share the same theme for different reasons and purposes which tells the reader that the standard of morality is the same for different people and that they should not commit sins that will certainly be punished somehow in the future..