The Rioter's Vices The Rioters only cared about themselves and wished only to have all of their secular desires. Chaucer shields light on the ways of evil men, and were their selfishness gets them in the long run. The first vice that the Rioters have is they are disrespectful of their elders. A elderly man greets them "God look to you, my lords and give you quiet." The rioter answered back " What an old fool? …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 635 total…two murderers received their due"(79). The rioters all wanted the same thing to be worldly. They were belligerent to the old man. They sold from an innocent home, and eventually planned and killed each other. Chaucer's attitude toward this tale is a positive one. Be a caring unselfish person and you won't turn out to be a rioter. That in the end there is justice. That god will take an evil soul young or old.