ing them how great they are; yet you could still sense the confidence and regality she had while performing the task. In Morte Darthur the roles were completely different. Most men are portrayed as chivalrous, passionate beings that thought of women as more than objects there for their own personal use. The romance displays a very different type of hero than the epic, one that women would like men to be like. From our readings of Morte Darthur, there are two passages that exemplify this. The first, on pages 425-426, where the knights find Lancelot and Guinevere together in her chamber, and Lancelot fights them all to protect her and vows to come back and save her should the king try to execute her. The second, on page 427, when Lancelot came to save the queen, rushing through the mass of onlookers and attacking all that were between them so blindly that he killed two of his good friends. I think women want to believe that men are like that, to always be there to save them under any circumstance. Its just my opinion, but I consider the epic to display women how men would like them to be, and the romance displays men how women would like them to be. Part II:3.Why is the Pardoner on the pilgrimage? How is this reason (or these reasons) made clear?The Pardoner is on this pilgrimage simply for the purpose of making money. He and the Summoner are riding together and they can travel wherever they wish, by the order of the church. There two positions work together very well, the Summoner looks for sinners and the Pardoner will dissolve your sins for money. In line 694 of The General Prologue, Bretful of pardon, come from Rome al hoot, the Host lets us know that the Pardoner has just come from Rome with his newest batch of pardons. His intent is to travel with this group and sell his pardons to anyone who wishes to purchase them. A pilgrimage of holy people traveling to a holy land, should supply him with plenty of willing people t...
