7) The Miller’s tale only consists of four characters, two of which are men of the cloth, of varying degrees. The Millers portrayal of the two clerks, Nicholas and Absolon, both exemplify the varying degrees of faith and knowledge while being of the same creed in order to draw comparisons in their actions in an effort to be with the already wedded Alison and uses their beliefs to justify all the consequences of the acts taken by the men in the tale. With the use of the word creed is draws back to the core principles of a faith, it can be assumed the miller is mocking the church as these two devote men both see no issue with perusing a married woman. One appearance of the term creed is in the lines “blessed is the unschooled man indeed; Who
