The Miller

The Miller of "Canterbury" tales represents a much more middle class ideal in his story telling. He tells of the ordinary life of being a carpenter in an any day town in the medevil times and the parallel to modern times can be easily seen. He describes a normal every day man's problems with wifes, work, and being tricked. Part of this is seen through his words of: " For I wol telle a legende and a lyf Bothe of a carpenter and of his wyf, How that a clerk hath set the wrightes cappe." The Reve answerde and seyde, "Stynt thy clappe, Lat be thy lewed dronken harlotrye, It is a synne and eek a greet folye To apeyren any man or hym defame, And eek to bryngen wyves in swich fame; Thou mayst ynogh of othere thynges seyn."