What Is The Difference Between The Millers Tale And The Priest's Tale

In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer creates tales that are told within the story as a whole. A group of thirty people go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral. The Host decides to have a competition of who can tell the best story. Each person is suppose to tell four tales total, two on the way there and two on the way back. There were also rules, the tale had to be morally sound and entertaining. Whoever the Host chose as the winner would receive the prize of a free meal. Readers will never know who would have won the contest because of Chaucer's passing before finishing the story. If the Miller’s tale and the Nun’s Priest’s tale were to be compared, the Nun’s Priest’s tale would have one. This is because he is more liked by the Host, …show more content…
The Miller wrote about a carpenter and his wife who cheats on him, This immediately upset the Reeve because he felt as though the storyline was aimed at making fun of him. The Miller denies it and continues. The carpenter is very protective of his wife, Alison and she has two admirers, Nicholas and Absalon. Nicholas and Alison conjure up a plan so that they can be together for the night. He tells the carpenter that there is going to be a flood and that they need to fasten three tubs to the roof of the barn. When the carpenter is asleep in his tub Nicholas and Alison leave and sleep together. Around dawn Absalon goes by the carpenter’s house and wishes a kiss from Alison but instead “kissed her naked arse” (103). Absalon wants revenge so he grabs a red hot iron poker and goes back to ask for another kiss. This time Nicholas puts his rear end out the window and gets branded. This makes Nicholas scream and wakes up the carpenter who thinks the flood has come. He cuts his rope but comes crashing to the ground and breaks his arm. There is no lesson learned in the Miller’s tale. All it does s give the readers a good