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A 5 page research paper/essay that contrasts and compares Geoffrey Chaucer's Miller Tale from his Canterbury Tales and the medieval mystery play The Second Shepherd's Play. The writer discusses the similarities and differences between these contemporary medieval works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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differences that largely derive from their respective secular and religious orientation. Despite the framework of pilgrims telling stories while on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, the overall perspective in The Canterbury
Tales is secular, as the tales largely reflect the French fabliaux. Certainly, while some of the t ales are more religiously oriented then other, The "Millers Tale" falls in
the fabliaux category. The Second Shepherds Play, on the other hand, is part of a series of morality plays presented throughout the liturgical year and is intended for moral instruction
- as well as enjoyment. Therefore, in the "Millers Tale," one sees a good man hoodwinked and cuckolded simply for purposes of entertainment, while in The Second Shepherds Play,
while it also contains a good deal of farce, the overall Christian orientation results in the reward of being allowed to visit the Christ Child. In Chaucer scholarship, scholars
appear to be roughly evenly divided between those who look on John the Miller as a churl who deserves the mistreatment he receives from his wife and the cleric,
and those, like Lambdin, who present the Miller in a different light. For instance, Lambdin argues that John is much more intelligent then he is traditionally portrayed. He asserts that
if John were easily deceived, Nicholas (the clerk) and Alison (his wife) would not have been forced to devise an complicated plan to bring about their tryst (Lambdin 6). Furthermore,
despite the age difference between John and his young wife, Lambdin maintains that John is not a common churl and his marriage is not motivated primarily by lust (6).
The narrator relates that John "lovede (Alison) moore than his lyf" (Line 114). When Nicholas convinces the Miller that there will be an impending flood, his first words are those
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