The Miller sums up the tale: the carpenter's wife has been “swyved” by Nicholas, despite the carpenter's jealousy; Absolon has kissed her lower regions; and ...

Like the Knight's Tale, which fits his honorable and virtuous personality, the Miller's Tale is stereotypical of the Miller's bawdy character and low station.

The Knight's Tale and The Miller's Tale involve a three-way love triangle. In both tales, two men are seeking the love (or possession) of the same woman. In ...

1 нояб. 2023 г. · The Miller's tale creates a fine line between the gullible religious orthodox and the sideways humor of trick-playing upon other people.

'The Miller's Tale' is bawdy, ignoble, and focused on shoving bottoms out of windows rather than engaging in knightly deeds to try to prove one's love.

15 сент. 2024 г. · The Miller starts to introduce a tale about how a clerk “set the cappe of” (made a fool out of) a carpenter and his wife, but is immediately interrupted by the ...

The Miller's resistance to traditional thinking about peasants intersects with the claims made about the peasantry during the peasant rebellion of 1381.

While the Miller makes his story funny and even elegant, the narrative underscores his aggressive, deceitful nature, and ultimately reveals Chaucer's beliefs ...

The Miller presents his tale as though he will be describing the life of a saint, but the story he tells is bawdy and full of raunchy jokes. The Reeve thinks ...

The Miller is blunt, crass, and aggressive. He is also incredibly loud, both in voice and habits (exemplified by the bagpipe he plays).