Compare and contrast how the three male characters are presented to us

Compare and product line how the three male characters are presented to usin The Millers Tale and consider their roles in the Fabliau.The three male characters in Chaucers The Millers Tale present manyof the classic themes in and genre Fabliau. In English literaturethere is only a small numerate of these tales and half of those areChaucers. While in French literature there are over 300 stories.Nicholas is presented at the start of the tale as naughty (hende) shyand therefore trusted and experienced in passionate courtly love, wecan tell from his appearance and description that he will be the stereotypical fabliau character who is cunning and forever and a day makes funof the other more foolish characters. John the carpenter is given ashort description and it is clear by the way he speaks that he is notvery intelligent therefore his foolishness will be punished johnrepresents the stereotypical character of the duped save (old andjealous).Alison is the faithless wife (young and se xually active).Sexual and practical jokes play a large part in the Millers Tale, forexample Alison tricking Absolon into kissing her arse, this idea nevertheless comes from a raucous Middle English song called Old HogansAdventure. The fact that Nicholas is short and brawny in his mannerand speech contrast his feminist presentation at the start of thetale. The three characters of Nicholas John and the wife Absolon fitsecurely into the fabliau theme of the love triangle a plot thatalways lends itself to sexual jokes. One of the best jokes in theMillers Tale is the way the characters use the language oaf courtlylove to gain their self-seeking lustful ends, a major theme in many Fabliautales. Nicholas and Absolon c... ...fthe fabliau. The tale is ribald in context farce is a obvious form of irritability in the Miller Tale as is irony. Chaucer plays off text againsttext to create ironic effect, the carpenter is a perfect ironic remedyto the Mi8llers advice of in the prologue, we learn that the best wayfor husbands to avoid being cuckolded is to An hoiusbonde shal natbeen inqiusityf / Of Goddes pryvetee, nor of his wyf. The three malecharacters in the Millers tale conform very good to the personalitiesand themes of the fabliau. But Chaucer changes his characters so theydo not completely match genre, as we have seen with their differentconventions and methods of acquiring their goals, Nicholas is directand straight forward, Absolon is indirect and foolish and whence getspunished for it and John is honest and gullible and does not haveAlison at the top of his list.