Essay about Analysis of Alison from the Millers Tale,...

Class: English 2010.105 Professor: Dr. Arnold Student: Bob Jackson Date: September 7, 1999 Title: Analysis of Alison from The Millers Tale, Canterbury Tales In The Millers Tale, the character of Alison is introduced as the 18-year-old wife of a carpenter who is much older than the woman. The authors description of the young wife seems to suggest that she was so wild, beautiful, and desirable that the old man had a difficult time containing his jealousy. Chaucer uses a number of expressions to paint a picture of the young wife. The use of the term paint is intentional here, since Chaucer seems to be painting (with words) the image of a picture perfect young woman who resembles a painted porcelain doll. It†¦show more content†¦Up to this point, the reader might think the young wife was an innocent youth, singing and dancing her way through life, wearing white dresses and driving her older husband crazy. But there is a dark side to her personality too. The reader is told that while the young wife is made up and dressed like a little doll, it wouldnt be much of a stretch for men to see her as a prostitute or a slut. He even states in the last line of this section that for some men, the young carpenters wife looks like the kind of woman theyd like to take to bed, others would see her as the kind theyd like to take home to meet their mother (she was a flower For any lord to leggen in his bedde, or yit for any good yeman to wedde.). It is obvious that while the older carpenter has married a young lusty woman who is full of life, it could be a difficult situation for him depending upon how other men are viewing his new wife. On the one hand, people will see her as a lovely innocent woman, while on the other hand, because she is too picture perfect and overly concerned about her appearance, she may (with her wanton eye) be giving people the idea that is interested in more than theShow MoreRelatedSummary And Critical Analysis Of Chaucer s The Miller s Tale923 Words   |  4 PagesSummary and Critical Analysis of Chaucer’s â€Å"The Miller’s Tale† Geoffrey Chaucer starts â€Å"The Miller’s Tale† out with an intriguing prologue. In this prologue, the Miller is found to be drunk due to his behavior towards the Reeve, and his judgment towards â€Å"The Knight’s Tale.† The Reeve and Miller have never seen eye to eye; they never have and never will. With this being said, the Miller tells a tale of a gullible carpenter whose wife cheats on him with an intelligent lodger. 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