The Miller's Tale to me seems as a story coming out of a soap opera. The story is full of drama and it includes a jealous husband with a cheating and flirtatious wife. It all seems as the plot of a TV show, but just dated back hundreds of years ago. I feel that the wife should be more respectful to her husband and tell her the truth. It is wrong for her to be flirting with these men behind his back, when this man is a jealous type. Him as a husband should've been prepared and he knows the consequences of marrying such a young and beautiful woman. This novel contradicts Chaucer's other novel, The Knight's Tale, in which the Knight was portrayed as a hero and valiant man. It was also leaning on to a more serious novel than The Miller's Tale. In this novel, Nicholas is not a hero and can't be one since he is insecure and is overshadowed by the actions of his wife. The novel is also very comedic but not in an intended way with, " But to say the truth, he was somewhat squeamish about farting, and fastidious in his speech". Here Chaucer is making fun of Absolon in a way in which he would not describe his characters in his other novels. The Miller's Tale brings us as a reader to see the different ways that Chaucer writes and lets us explore his different type of novels.
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