Pardoner vs the Wife of Bath

The more I tried to compare and contrast them the more I realized they had in common. They both scam people out of their money and status, and they both do this through appealing to others guilt. The wife of bath tells her first few husbands how badly they treated her when they were "drunk". While the pardoner gives sermons on how the root of all evil is desire, and since desire is an emotion everyone feels, everyone feels guilty of his accusations.

However I can't help feeling more inclined toward the wife of bath. This is mostly due to the Pardoner's taking of money from very poor individuals. I pretty much wanted to hit the man when he was talking about taking money away from starving widows families. So the wife won on the count that at least she was not taking survival money from less fortunate families.

The pardoner never really tried to justify his actions either. He did give a short little thing in which, if I remember correctly, he basically said that other people were scamming other people so why not him but that was it. The wife of bath on the other hand gave a huge speech on why what she did was acceptable. So the wife of bath must have felt a little guilt because she felt like she had to defend her actions. That's what I think anyway, maybe I'm crazy and she doesn't feel a thing. However since I think she did feel a little guilt she wins here.

Then the wife of bath wins on the fact that deep down she seems to be searching for something real. The pardoner may want something like that as well but I hold to much of a grudge againtt him to see it if he does.

Then, finally, the wife of bath changes somewhat with her last husband. I don't know, but it felt like there was more tenderness when she spoke about her last husband. This, to me made her seem more like a human. The pardoner showed he was a human being only in a negative way. The wife of bath wins and takes the gold!!