The Miller
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The Miller is a bawdy, drunken, and coarse pilgrim in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, best known for telling a comic and scandalous fabliau that satirizes romantic and social pretensions.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFrameNarrative | the pilgrimage to Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
anti-clerical satire
ⓘ
sexual comedy ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bawdy
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coarse ⓘ drunken ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | The Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInCentury | 14th century ⓘ |
| drunkennessAffects | his decision to tell his tale out of turn ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsInTaleOrder | The Knight’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle English literature ⓘ |
| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| narrativeGenre | fabliau ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | comic and scandalous storytelling ⓘ |
| occupation | miller ⓘ |
| partOf | the General Prologue pilgrims ⓘ |
| roleInWork | challenges courtly ideals presented by the Knight ⓘ |
| satirizes |
romantic pretensions
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social pretensions ⓘ |
| socialClass | working class ⓘ |
| tells | The Miller’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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