Lust is a sin that can teach a lesson leaving horrible life consequences or it can kill you. In the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer introduces two characters, The Pardoner and The Wife of Bath's, who are depicted as negative characters, tell stories proving this statement to be an unarguable fact. That is only one theme of the two; having lots of money does not make you above all and others inferior and you can be the richest man or woman ever but still be the poorest of the poor. Although, these two stories are very similar in numerous ways, they are still very distinctive if you take notice of the irony that’s displayed throughout the different tales. The Pardoner, before beginning his tale, make known that he is fully aware of his