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| Chaucer's Miller's Tale in Context | |
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| The Miller's Tale | |
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| The Miller's portrait: General Prologue | |
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| The Miller's Prologue | |
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| The Miller's Tale | |
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| The Reeve's Prologue | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Miller's portrait: General Prologue | |
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| The Miller's Prologue | |
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| Reactions to The Knight's Tale: lines 1-11 | |
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| The Miller's interruption: lines 12-35 | |
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| The Reeve's objection: lines 36-58 | |
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| Chaucer's apology: lines 59-78 | |
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| The Miller's Tale | |
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| Introduction and portrait of Nicholas: lines 79-112 | |
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| The carpenter's marriage: lines 113-24 | |
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| Portrait of the carpenter's wife: lines 125-62 | |
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| Nicholas molests Alison: lines 163-98 | |
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| Portrait of Absolon: lines 199-230 | |
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| Absolon begins to woo Alison: lines 231-61 | |
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| Absolon's method of wooing: lines 262-88 | |
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| Alison and Nicholas make their plans: lines 289-310 | |
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| John wonders what has happened to Nicholas: lines 311-39 | |
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| John responds to his servant's report: lines 340-65 | |
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| John rouses Nicholas from his trance: lines 366-92 | |
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| Nicholas tells John about the second flood: lines 393-425 | |
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| Nicholas tells John how to avoid the flood: lines 426-54 | |
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| More advice from Nicholas and a warning: lines 455-92 | |
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| John prepares for the flood: lines 493-524 | |
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| John awaits the flood; Nicholas takes over his bed: lines 525-48 | |
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| Absolon decides to speak to Alison at her window: lines 549-78 | |
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| Absolon goes to the window and confesses his love: lines 579-605 | |
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| Alison puts her bottom out of the window: lines 606-35 | |
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| Absolon learns his lesson and plans his revenge: lines 636-77 | |
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| Absolon's revenge: lines 678-705 | |
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| John's fall and the reaction of his neighbours: lines 706-46 | |
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| The Reeve's Prologue | |
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| Reaction to The Miller's Tale | |
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| Interpretations | |
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| The Miller as a character and contrasts with the Knight | |
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| Genre | |
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| Characterization | |
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| John | |
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| The courtly characters | |
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| Nicholas | |
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| Alison | |
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| Absolon | |
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| Language, style, and structure | |
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| Realism | |
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| Parody | |
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| Proverbs | |
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| Imagery | |
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| The narrator's voice | |
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| Structure | |
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| Themes | |
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| Destiny, justice, and providence | |
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| Concealment, secrecy, and deception | |
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| Other possible themes | |
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| Critical views | |
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| Origins and derivations of the fabliau and Chaucer's use of the form | |
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| Focus on morality | |
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| Focus on the principles of life | |
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| Examination of other principles: spiritual versus freedom of will | |
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| Examination of the burlesque of courtly idealism | |
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| Who is the narrator? | |
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| Essay Questions | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| A Note on Chaucer's English | |
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| A Note on Pronunciation | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Appendix | |
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| The description of the Clerk | |
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| The description of the courtly lady | |
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| The behaviour of the courtly lover | |
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| Two examples of the fabliau | |