The Pardoner's Tale vs. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Throughout literature, relationships can often be found between the author of a story and the story that he writes. In Geoffrey Chaucer's frame story, Canterbury Tales, many of the characters make this idea evident with the tales that they tell. A distinct relationship can be made between the character of the Pardoner and the tale that he tells. Through the Prologue to the Pardoner's tale, …showed first 75 words of 665 total…

…showed last 75 words of 665 total…the story with the characters. I think it makes the story more imaginable. In Gawain and the Green Knight, I think that the author was writing the poem as if he were writing a book. Unlike the Pardoner's Tale, the narrator in Sir Gawain is not as involved in the story as much. Personally, I chose Pardoner's Tale as a better story. I found that in Gawain, the story is also not as personal either.