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The Miller’s Tale

The Miller’s Tale. Jenisha Chand. Main Characters. Handy Nicholas: A poor scholar who lives with John and who studied arts but has interest in astrology . Alisoun: Young wife of John, the carpenter and who likes Handy Nicholas.

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The Miller’s Tale

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  1. The Miller’s Tale Jenisha Chand

  2. Main Characters • Handy Nicholas: A poor scholar who lives with John and who studied arts but has interest in astrology . • Alisoun: Young wife of John, the carpenter and who likes Handy Nicholas. • John: A rich old carpenter who runs a boarding house where Handy Nicholas lives. • Absolon: A parish clerk who works really hard to win Alisoun’s heart but she doesn’t care about him.

  3. Genre location Fabliau: A medieval verse tale characterized by comic, ribald treatment of themes drawn from life. Oxford

  4. Conflict Alisoun has a secret lover, Handy Nicholas. Absolon wants to make love with Alisoun but she fools around with him.

  5. Summary • Since Alisoun and Nicholas want to make love, they convince John by telling him that there will be a great flood and they can prevent it by spending night in a tub tied to the roof. • When John was in the tub, Nicholas and Alisoun secretly go to bed.

  6. Summary • The same night when they are making love, Absolon appears in front of their window asking for Alisoun’s kiss. • Absolon thinks he is kissing her lips but she fools him making him kiss her bottom. • Absolon comes back the other night with a hot iron to take revenge on her, but he ends up roasting Nicholas's butt.

  7. Themes • Dishonesty • Desire is masked as true love.

  8. The End 

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