Forgiveness illustrates what it means for a literary figure to have significant meaning. It serves as an archetype of greed, not only by pointing out issues that are still relevant today, but also by doing so in a way that translates into modern professions to see where the same greed behaviors still exist in society as the Wolf of Wall Street case study. He is the best example of the dangers of greed against which he preaches so fervently. While stockbrokers like pardons weren`t inherently bad in Chaucer`s day, they may share some of the same negative stereotypes as these pardons, highlighting people`s inherent aversion to perceived greed in all its forms. The host then asks the forgiver to “tell us right away som myrthe or japes [joke, joke]”. [2] However, pilgrims – aware of the fame of forgiveness for telling suggestive stories and expecting to hear something offensive[3] – express their desire not to have riddles, but rather to want a moral story. “Forgiveness and indulgence.” British Library, The British Library Board, bl.uk/treasures/caxton/pardoners.html/. “Analysis: Writing Style.” Shmoop, Shmoop University, Inc., shmoop.com/pardoners-tale/writing-style.html/. Moreover, Vance expands this comparison and identifies an implicit sexual insinuation in the many relics of forgiveness. “Forgiveness conspires to establish itself as a mobile sanctuary with relics unmatched by anyone in England.” But, of course, the relics are all fake, indicating both the helplessness of forgiveness and its spiritual inferiority. [16] A person who had the right to sell papal pardons or indulgences; in the Middle Ages, pardons such as the character in Chaucer`s Canterbury Tales were often portrayed as figures of dubious moral integrity.
But he will warn that anyone who has “terrible doon synne” will not be able to enjoy these relics. [6] The pardon tells pilgrims that, through these tricks, he has acquired a considerable sum of £100 a year. He goes on to recount how he stands in the pulpit like a clergy, preaching against greed, but to earn church money; He does not care about correcting sin or his souls. [7] Against anyone who insults him or forgives him other pardons, he will “prick hymns with my smerte pliers.” Although he himself is guilty of greed, he repeats that his subject is always radix malorum. and that he can still preach for others to turn away from vice and repent—even if his “main agreement” is for personal gain. Forgiveness explains that it then offers many anecdotes to “obscene [ignorant, uneducated] people.” [8] He despises the idea of living in poverty while preaching; He wishes “Moneie, Wolle [Wolle], Chese and Whete”[9] and does not care if it is from the poorest widow in the village, even if her children were to starve. But he concludes to pilgrims, although he may be a “man full of wickedness,” he can tell a moral and continuous story. In the prologue to his story, Forgiveness praises his own selling skills and the deceptive practices he uses to achieve such success.
He ends the description of his sermons with the statement: “By this standard, I have won you through you / One hundred marks if I were forgiven” (Chaucer p. 268, lines 389-90). Or translated, he says that thanks to this trick (related to his sermons) he has earned 100 marks for himself (a large sum of money at that time) since he became a forgiveness. The video shows similar behavior, as Belfort hires a garage as a “state-of-the-art company.” Forgiveness uses the same tactic: “he had drunk a pilwe beer, / What he said was Our Lady Veyl” (Chaucer p. 59, lines 694-5). In modern English, the forgiver wears ordinary objects (such as a pillowcase) and praises them as holy relics (such as the veil of the Virgin Mary). It stands to reason that forgiveness would adapt his own preaching process to his new life as a Wall Street broker, a process he describes in the prologue to his story. This forgiveness is a man who has perfected his art of exploiting people and is proud of the success he has experienced in this way. Throughout the film, Belfort can be seen flaunting the wealth he has amassed through his shady dealings, as does forgiveness in his prologue.
From: Forgiving in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable” If the forgiver is the meanest of pilgrims, he is nevertheless the most fascinating. The most provocative thing about forgiveness is its open revelation about its own hypocrisy and greed.