Fabliau In The Miller's Tale From The Canterbury Tales

The Miller’s Tale from The Canterbury Tales shows many elements of a fabliau. A fabliau is a short story that had comical and colorful observations on life. The stories would make comical shots at marriage, treatment of women, and religion. Since the story that the Miller tells is about a carpenter's wife that cheats on him, the Reeve doesn’t want the Miller to tell his story. A common occurrence in a fabliau is a love triangle with four people. In the Miller’s Tale there is a character named Nicholas who is living with the carpenter and his wife Alison. Nicholas falls in love with Alison and she falls in love with him. Alison is still in love with the carpenter too. The fourth person in the story is a parish clerk named Absalon, and he is