Chaucers Parody To Courtly Love Essay -- English Literature Chaucer E

Chaucers Parody To Courtly LoveAfter the Knight tells his story, the Miller insists genuinely rudely totell his tale. Chaucer uses the aspect of courteous love which is foundin the Knights tale and makes a parody of it He uses the Miller?s grammatical case to mock the Knights idea of courtly love.Miller describes the heroine of his story Alison, as a wife of anolder man and also an infidel. She?s compared to a ?wezele? cunning andcunning. The description of Alison clearly indicates that she is verydifferent from an innocent girl from courtly love stories insteadshe?s well aware of her husbands jealousy and wears fatten out clothsto assign forward her beauty.?Of col-blak silk, withinne and eek withoute?Alison shows off that she?s rich by wearable the most expensive fabricof silk at the time, again this adds to the opposite face of courtlylove romances in which the girl would not show off but in fact stayunaware of such matters as the character of Emily in the Knights tale.Mille r then uses two male Characters who show great admiration forAlison but unlike the love ...