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

Chaucers Parody To Courtly LoveAfter the Knight tells his story, the Miller insists very rudely totell his tale. Chaucer uses the aspect of stately hunch forward which is foundin the Knights tale and makes a parody of it He uses the Miller?scharacter 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? sly 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 elaborate clothsto show off her beauty.?Of col-blak silk, withinne and eek withoute?Alison shows off that she?s rich by wearing the closely expensive fabricof silk at the time, again this adds to the opposite side of courtlylove romances in which the girl would not show off plainly in fact stayunaware of such matters as the character of Emily in the Knights tale.Miller then uses tw o male Characters who show great admiration forAlison but unlike the love ...