By: Max Adams, Jon Yuhouse, A.A.Ron Coffer, Lena Shandorf, Sabrina Rice

Character Info  John Carpenter ○ Very wealthy  Nicholas Astrologist who rooms with John ○ Oxford man  Alisoun John’s wife  Absalon Young musician who is a stud

The Tale  Nicholas is in love with Alisoun  John is super controlling  Nicholas and Alisoun make a plan to have sex  Absolon gets in the way of Nicholas and Alisoun  Nicholas gets his ass branded  John gets screwed  Alisoun gets away with everything

The Miller in Real Life  Late 1300’s early 1400’s  “Miller” refers to a person who works at a mill  A mill is designed to grind down cereal crops into flower  One the oldest occupation  Wealth for low class Still low class

The Miller  Drunk  Tries to tell a better story than the Knight People try not to listen  Believes a man can be manipulated by a woman  Also believes that neither man or woman have complete control in their relationship  Uses his drunkenness and his story to start an argument  Manipulates the entire crew He does that because he can  Is similar to Alisoun because they are both manipulative

Questions  Who does the miller represent in the story?  Who gets exactly what they want?  During what time did the story take place?  Who gets their ass branded? And why  Why does the Miller get away with telling this story?  Why does the Miller tell this story after The Wife of Bath and The Knight?  How does John get screwed?  How is the Miller capable of manipulating the whole group?