The Miller’s Tale is one of the many comical and memorable tales included in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. What can not be as funny as farting in people’s faces, getting branded on the butt, and trickery? Many tales included in the book in the end have a moral and try to teach something to the reader. The opposite is the case for The Miller’s Tale. This tale is humorous and has characters that are ridiculous and can laughed upon because of the events that happened to them. John the carpenter is seen as an old fool and Absalom gets tricked because he is in love with Alisoun. Because there is no moral to the story, it is merely for entertainment for the pilgrims on the pilgrimage for religious purposes within the book. Along with humour and ridicule comes madness from a couple of characters in the tale.
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John gets fooled by Nicholas and his wife Alisoun and in the end looks like a fool in front of everyone that knows him in the town. From the description in the story of John and Nicholas early in the story, it is obvious that Nicholas is more of a sly and easily perceived man while John is just an old, working man. As said in the story to describe Nicholas, “Nicholas; Of secret loves he knew and their solace/And he kept counsel, too, for he was sly /And meek as any maiden passing by”(13-16). The Miller’s Tale main characteristic is humor. John’s overall perceived personality is to make him a character that everyone can laugh at. Readers are not supposed to learn from the mistakes of the characters because there are no consequences for their actions. During the time period of the story, adultery was not seen as breaking a sacred bond of trust developed between two people. It is meant that the old fool, John, gets swindled in a funny way between his wife and her lover. The author lets the audience know the jokes before they happen to the
John gets fooled by Nicholas and his wife Alisoun and in the end looks like a fool in front of everyone that knows him in the town. From the description in the story of John and Nicholas early in the story, it is obvious that Nicholas is more of a sly and easily perceived man while John is just an old, working man. As said in the story to describe Nicholas, “Nicholas; Of secret loves he knew and their solace/And he kept counsel, too, for he was sly /And meek as any maiden passing by”(13-16). The Miller’s Tale main characteristic is humor. John’s overall perceived personality is to make him a character that everyone can laugh at. Readers are not supposed to learn from the mistakes of the characters because there are no consequences for their actions. During the time period of the story, adultery was not seen as breaking a sacred bond of trust developed between two people. It is meant that the old fool, John, gets swindled in a funny way between his wife and her lover. The author lets the audience know the jokes before they happen to the