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that is aimed at the Miller and the tale that he has just told. His tale is intended to demonstrate that young men, or ignorant men (like the Miller), are
often prideful. But, his tale tells us that pride is ridiculous and that anyone with such pride will ultimately fall. Bearing that in mind the following paper examines the theme
of pride in the Reeves Tale. The Reeves Tale In the very beginning of the Reeves Tale we learn that the Miller of the story is a prideful
and arrogant man. Chaucer states that "A miller was there dwelling, many and many a day;/ As any peacock he was proud and gay./ He could mend nets, and he
could fish, and flute,/ Drink and turn cups, and wrestle well, and shoot" (71-74). We see this man set up as one who is incredibly prideful of his abilities, a
man who clearly boasts about what he can do and what he has. We see him "parade" with his possessions and how he would kill a man who touched him
(Chaucer 75). We see a mocking of this pride when we see what the Miller looks like: "Round was his face and turned-up was his nose./ As bald as
any apes head was his skull" (Chaucer 80-81). But yet, he was still a man who presented himself as powerful. And, we soon find out that he is a thief
as well, and that even in this endeavor he is proud for he feels he is deserving of the things he steals if he has the ability to steal them.
One must also note the existence of his wife, another commodity he owned that he felt pride in. "She had been bred up in a nunnery/ For Simpkin
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