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A 3 page paper which discusses elements concerning poetic justice in Chaucer’s The Miller’s Tale. No additional sources cited.
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and arrogance. In this story there are four characters who are involved in one way or another with the entire plot. The characters are John, Alison, Nicholas and Absolon. The
following paper examines whether or not their role in the story ended with poetic justice or not. The Millers Tale In
this story there is a man, John, who is something of an arrogant, rich and stupid man. He is married to a beautiful young woman, Alison, who is clearly not
suited for him in looks or desires, or as the narrator states, "He knew not Cato (for his wit was rude)/ Who advised that men should marry their own age./
Men should wed their own type" (Chaucer). His wife was "As graceful as a weasel was her small body" yet she also possessed "a lecherous eye" (Chaucer). John was
a man who boarded out a room to Nicholas, a student and apparently an intelligent one also possessed of good looks. He was obviously more Alisons age than was John
and with her beauty he quickly seeks her out. Another man, Abasolon, also desires Alison. Now, in these characters one sees that John is arrogant, and thus likely worthy of
some life lesson, Nicholas is trying to get Alison in bed with him, and thus also needs a lesson. There is Alison who is willing to, and does, cheat on
her husband and as such she too is deserving of a lesson. Absolon is perhaps the only one a bit daft who is not really doing anything horribly wrong, although
he wishes to, and this makes him a target for a lesson too. In relationship to whether or not they get that lesson, if they get poetic justice, it
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