How Does Chaucer Present The Miller To Become Such A Vivid And Vibrant

How Does Chaucer Present The Miller To Become Such A brainy And VibrantCharacter?The Canterbury Tales is a selection of stories written in MiddleEnglish. On a spring day in April sometime in the fourteenth century 29pilgrims (including Chaucer as a character 30) set out for Canterburyon a pilgrimage.Among them is a knight, a monk, a prioress, two nuns, the friar, thesquire, the yeoman, the merchant, a clerk, a sergeant of the law, awealthy landowner, a doctor, the married woman of Bath, a supplier, the reeve,a somonour, a pardoner, Harry Bailey (the host), Chaucer himself, ahaberdasher, a carpenter, a weaver, a tapis maker, a dyere, a cook,a shipman, a poor parson, a plowman, and a miller. To entertainthemselves they decide to tell a tale each on the centering and another onthe way back. They all start there journey at The Tabard an inn orpub.The miller is categorised as lower sectionalisation and his character whentelling this tarradiddle is exceedingly drunk.The millers tale is about an Oxford student called Nicholas who liveswith an old wealthy carpenter and his young attractive wife calledAlisoun. The carpenter keeps a close eye on her.One day Nicholas decides to try it on with Alisoun without muchresistance on the agreement of secrecy Alisoun agrees.In the church a parish clerk called Absolon falls in love withAlisoun. He tries to woo her over by giving her presents and money. AsNicholas lives in the same home as Alisoun she isnt interested inAbsolon.Nicholas hatches a plan to get rid of the carpenter therefore he canspend the night with Alisoun without disturbances. Nicholas pretendsto be ill and stays in his room for two days. The servant reports tothe carpenter that Nicholas i... ...uch as the knight would have had a much higher standard oftalk speech, which is another contrast between the knight andmillers tale. It is also written as a poem in rhyming couplets, whichI moot keeps the story lively with continuity.In conclusion, Chaucer presents the miller to be a vivid and vibrantcharacter by mainly imagery and colours. Chaucer is clear on hisdescriptions and gives flimsy detail on his character. Chaucerhopes that the physical appearance of the miller will reflect themiller as a person as well. Chaucer relies on symbolism and similes to disclose the millers character to us therefore Chaucer does not haveto make a direct opinion of him. This keeps him as a neutral storyteller, but another benefit of this is that the audience cannot holdChaucer responsible for the millers tale as he is merely a neutralmessenger.