Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury tales contains three fabliaux that value cleverness over morality. One of those is present within The Miller’s tale. A fabliau is defined as a “funny short story that is produced in verse form and deals with sexual or economic deception”. (Black et. al, 46) Canterbury tales contains three fabliaux which are all related together creating a pattern of moral deterioration, starting with the Miller’s tale of rivalry for love then moving on to the Reeves tales of vengefulness. The third fabliau came in the form of the Cooks tale that focuses on gambling, debauchery and prostitution. (Morgan, 492) These three fabliaux tales contrast with the chivalry of the Knights tale. The Miller’s tale has a great emphasis on the description of the young wife. He describes her in a way that is solely sexual and is purposed to be humorous. The vulgarity of the description links with the Millers poor moral behaviour.
Chaucer’s Canterbury tale is written in a free verse as there is no meter found in Chaucer’s work. However, the tale does follow an aa bb rhyming pattern. For example: This carpenter hadde wedded newe a wfe. (A)
Which he loved moore than his lyf (A)
Of eighteteene yeer she was of age (B)
Jalous he was, and heeld hire narwe in cage (B)
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(Oxford university press, 2017) Chaucer uses a comparison between a lovely little doll and a wrench. (Chaucer, line 3254). As the young wife is married the use of the word wrench is defined as a croomed and cunning person, someone full of deceit and tricky. (Oxford university press, 2017) Such trickery has tarnished her reputation, in fact that she is good enough to sleep in the lord’s bed but not in his marriage bed, rather she was only innocent enough to marry a yeoman, peasant. (Chaucer, lines
Chaucer’s Canterbury tale is written in a free verse as there is no meter found in Chaucer’s work. However, the tale does follow an aa bb rhyming pattern. For example: This carpenter hadde wedded newe a wfe. (A)
Which he loved moore than his lyf (A)
Of eighteteene yeer she was of age (B)
Jalous he was, and heeld hire narwe in cage (B)
(Chaucer, …show more content…
(Oxford university press, 2017) Chaucer uses a comparison between a lovely little doll and a wrench. (Chaucer, line 3254). As the young wife is married the use of the word wrench is defined as a croomed and cunning person, someone full of deceit and tricky. (Oxford university press, 2017) Such trickery has tarnished her reputation, in fact that she is good enough to sleep in the lord’s bed but not in his marriage bed, rather she was only innocent enough to marry a yeoman, peasant. (Chaucer, lines