Jocelyn Mendez

The Millers

Characters  Nikolas, Alison, Absolon, John  John is married to Alison  Absolon and John are in love with Alison 

 The millers were pilgrims  John and Alisoun are together  Alisoun is 18 years old  There’s two guys she has something to do with. What happened in the millers?

 Nikolas told john about the tragedy  John tries to be alone with Alisoun

 Absolon wants a kiss from Alisoun

Moral of the story The character who most often speaks of love in "The Miller's Tale" is Absolon, who parrots the language of medieval courtly romance in his courtship of Alisoun. Yet what Absolon really wants is sex, which raises the question of whether love in this tale ever really means love in our modern sense of the term. The character in the tale who most fully engages in our conception of love is John: he is truly sad at the thought of Alisoun's death and goes to great pains to save her. Yet his efforts and devotion to her seem foolish given Alisoun's betrayal of him.

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