Examples Of Sexual Desire In The Miller's Tale

Sexual Desires; Natural or Unusual Behavior Themes allow the author to write a story that conveys a positive message to the reader. Generally speaking, a story has multiple themes and there are many ways that the author uses to present the theme to the reader. And “The Miller’s Tale” and “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” are not exceptions to the rule. The stories use imagery and the action of the characters to present the numerous themes to the reader and the presentation is done throughout the work. In “The Miller’s Tale” and “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale”, desire, especially sexual desire, is an important part of human being. And there is nothing wrong with it because it is simply human nature to have sexual desires. By analyzing the desires of the characters, the reader can better understand whether sexual desires are considered to be natural or unusual. …show more content…
Yet, only Nicholas is able to win her love. Through these two characters, Chaucer is able to depict the natural and unusual sides of sexual desires. For Absolon, his desire is to obtain Allison's love but “at the windowe out she putte hir hole” (623) and Absolon kisses it thinking about it. Later on the page, the Miller states that Absolon “was heled of his maladye” (649). From my point of view, Absolon's sexual desire is seen more of the traditional view of sex. It is something that is unusual; which can be realized with his reaction toward finding out that Absolon kissed Allison's butt. On the contrary, Nicholas has a different view on sexual