My answer would be:
the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints—finds its most powerful expression in the play's two main characters.
The first choice is correct
D I’m not sure though so if it’s something important I wouldn’t put that
In Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" the reader is introduced to the Pardoner in "the Pardoner's Tale". What is ironic about the Pardoner is that he would often preach that money was the root of all evil, but then he would sell pardons (official documents that pardoned sins).