The Knight’s Tale vs. The Miller’s Tale
In the book Canterbury tales, The Knight’s Tale and The Miller’s Tale are a portrayal of love which is greatly romanticized. Both stories are romances, even though The Miller's Tale is not portrayed as gallant like The Knight's Tale. In The Miller's Tale, love is basic and primitive. It is shown to be an impulsive incident of physical desire and the swiftest method of fulfilling it. In a classic romance, such as The Knight's Tale, love is a glamorized, filled with emotion concerned with questions of great depth and passion.
There are obvious similarities between the two tales. In The Knight’s Tale, Palamon and Arcite are rivals for Emily's affections. In The Miller’s Tale, Nicholas …show more content…
Palamon and Arcite decide to battle one another as an option to settle the argument of who will win the hand of Emily. The battle is portrayed slightly differently in The Miller's Tale. Absolon lusts after Alison. She considers Absolon nothing more than a joke and demonstrates this by her response to his request for a kiss. She laughs in his face. In both instances, one of the men who strive for the love of the intended woman ends up getting hurt; Arcite by losing his life for the love of Emily, and Absolon by losing his pride in being made the fool by both Alison and …show more content…
In The Knight's Tale Emily is compared to beautiful things. Her beauty is described to such distinction she seemed to be unattainable. However, in The Miller's Tale, Alison's shape is compared to a weasel and animals are often used to label her. However, she constantly has men lust after her. While Emily is a subtle and unattainable beauty, Alison is a down to earth, concrete woman. Emily's portrayal is virtuous and blameless while Alison is all about primitive lust. Almost everything of Alison is opposite to that of Emily. Alison's values and actions are totally reversed of Emily's. Alison has no regard for right and wrong and only wants what she desires. She does not take into consideration that she is a married woman and should remain faithful to her husband. “Go fro the window,/ Jakke fool,' she sayde, /'As help me God, it wol nat be 'com pa me.' /I love another, and elles I were to blame, /Wel bet than thee, by Jesu, Absolon(605-608)!” Alison has no regard for what is right and what is wrong. She only cares for what she desires. Even though she is a married woman she doesn’t take into account that she should stay honest and faithful to her husband, John. On the other hand, Emily is a virgin and clean hearted and has never been with a man. She is pure of heart and desires to stay that way. Alison, however, is immoral and shameless
In the book Canterbury tales, The Knight’s Tale and The Miller’s Tale are a portrayal of love which is greatly romanticized. Both stories are romances, even though The Miller's Tale is not portrayed as gallant like The Knight's Tale. In The Miller's Tale, love is basic and primitive. It is shown to be an impulsive incident of physical desire and the swiftest method of fulfilling it. In a classic romance, such as The Knight's Tale, love is a glamorized, filled with emotion concerned with questions of great depth and passion.
There are obvious similarities between the two tales. In The Knight’s Tale, Palamon and Arcite are rivals for Emily's affections. In The Miller’s Tale, Nicholas …show more content…
Palamon and Arcite decide to battle one another as an option to settle the argument of who will win the hand of Emily. The battle is portrayed slightly differently in The Miller's Tale. Absolon lusts after Alison. She considers Absolon nothing more than a joke and demonstrates this by her response to his request for a kiss. She laughs in his face. In both instances, one of the men who strive for the love of the intended woman ends up getting hurt; Arcite by losing his life for the love of Emily, and Absolon by losing his pride in being made the fool by both Alison and …show more content…
In The Knight's Tale Emily is compared to beautiful things. Her beauty is described to such distinction she seemed to be unattainable. However, in The Miller's Tale, Alison's shape is compared to a weasel and animals are often used to label her. However, she constantly has men lust after her. While Emily is a subtle and unattainable beauty, Alison is a down to earth, concrete woman. Emily's portrayal is virtuous and blameless while Alison is all about primitive lust. Almost everything of Alison is opposite to that of Emily. Alison's values and actions are totally reversed of Emily's. Alison has no regard for right and wrong and only wants what she desires. She does not take into consideration that she is a married woman and should remain faithful to her husband. “Go fro the window,/ Jakke fool,' she sayde, /'As help me God, it wol nat be 'com pa me.' /I love another, and elles I were to blame, /Wel bet than thee, by Jesu, Absolon(605-608)!” Alison has no regard for what is right and what is wrong. She only cares for what she desires. Even though she is a married woman she doesn’t take into account that she should stay honest and faithful to her husband, John. On the other hand, Emily is a virgin and clean hearted and has never been with a man. She is pure of heart and desires to stay that way. Alison, however, is immoral and shameless