In creating “The Reeve’s Tale”, Chaucer incorporates many literary elements such as character, theme and symbolism. “The Reeve’s Tale” involves a Miller named Simpkin, who stole wheat and corn. A deceitful Miller lived with a wife, young woman daughter, and infant. Two college scholars go on a trip to the Miller’s house to get their grain ground, and the Miller attempts to cheat the two scholars. The two scholars are too intelligent for him, but the Miller unties the scholars’ horses, so the two scholars must stay the night at the Miller’s house which gives the Miller more favorable circumstances for dishonesty. The Miller falls asleep soundly, and during that time, one of the scholars makes love to the Miller’s daughter, and the other scholar
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To understand the story in a deeper level, the reader must figure out the intentions of Chaucer by analyzing the literary elements of the story. The main characters such as the antagonist and protagonist interacts and causes conflicts between each other to move the story along the plot line. To create a vivid description of the story, Chaucer uses imagery to evoke sensory details for the tone of the novel.
In "The Reeve’s Tale" Chaucer characterizes the Miller as an antagonist who try to steal from the two scholars, the protagonists. Bald, with a round face and flattened nose, this Miller’s name is Symkyn, and Symkyn was a dishonest thief, cheating money out of King’s Hall, a Cambridge college, and stealing meal and corn. The Miller is a scammer; he is …show more content…
The Miller is used to effortlessly getting away with it, since what he sells, people need, and is essential in their village. The Miller rips people off by stuffing the sacks of corn with lower quality bran. Chaucer demonstrates this idea with, “A thief he was for sothe of corn and mele, And that a sly, and usuant for to stele”(Chaucer, 2017). This is a prime example of the karma-based notion that what comes around, goes around. Millers are substantial members of the village providing an essential service, and people trusted them to do their job well and honestly. Here we find out that the Miller not only charged outrageous prices for the work he did, but in addition, the Miller stole his clients’ flour which makes him the antagonist of the story. The Reeve's tale demonstrates a common theme throughout the generations and various cultures: treat others the way like the way you want to be treated, what goes around comes around. The Reeve makes it’s clear that the Miller is immoral and evil. The Miller learns his lesson in the end; the two scholars try to outsmart him. The two scholars “end up not outsmarting him”, but they had a “plan to get back at the Miller” (Patterson, 1999). In Karma belief throughout the story that the Miller is getting punished
To understand the story in a deeper level, the reader must figure out the intentions of Chaucer by analyzing the literary elements of the story. The main characters such as the antagonist and protagonist interacts and causes conflicts between each other to move the story along the plot line. To create a vivid description of the story, Chaucer uses imagery to evoke sensory details for the tone of the novel.
In "The Reeve’s Tale" Chaucer characterizes the Miller as an antagonist who try to steal from the two scholars, the protagonists. Bald, with a round face and flattened nose, this Miller’s name is Symkyn, and Symkyn was a dishonest thief, cheating money out of King’s Hall, a Cambridge college, and stealing meal and corn. The Miller is a scammer; he is …show more content…
The Miller is used to effortlessly getting away with it, since what he sells, people need, and is essential in their village. The Miller rips people off by stuffing the sacks of corn with lower quality bran. Chaucer demonstrates this idea with, “A thief he was for sothe of corn and mele, And that a sly, and usuant for to stele”(Chaucer, 2017). This is a prime example of the karma-based notion that what comes around, goes around. Millers are substantial members of the village providing an essential service, and people trusted them to do their job well and honestly. Here we find out that the Miller not only charged outrageous prices for the work he did, but in addition, the Miller stole his clients’ flour which makes him the antagonist of the story. The Reeve's tale demonstrates a common theme throughout the generations and various cultures: treat others the way like the way you want to be treated, what goes around comes around. The Reeve makes it’s clear that the Miller is immoral and evil. The Miller learns his lesson in the end; the two scholars try to outsmart him. The two scholars “end up not outsmarting him”, but they had a “plan to get back at the Miller” (Patterson, 1999). In Karma belief throughout the story that the Miller is getting punished