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    The document compares and contrasts two works: "The Knight's Tale" and "The Miller's Tale". "The Knight's Tale" depicts an idealized courtly love triangle between nobility, featuring tragic combat over a woman. "The Miller's Tale" depicts a comic, slapstick affair between bourgeoisie involving trickery and lechery over a woman. Both works involve a love triangle, elderly authority figures trying to control women, and different views on divinity and fate.

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    The document compares and contrasts two works: "The Knight's Tale" and "The Miller's Tale". "The Knight's Tale" depicts an idealized courtly love triangle between nobility, featuring tragic combat over a woman. "The Miller's Tale" depicts a comic, slapstick affair between bourgeoisie involving trickery and lechery over a woman. Both works involve a love triangle, elderly authority figures trying to control women, and different views on divinity and fate.

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    Connections: "The Knight's Tale" and "The Miller's Tale."

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    The document compares and contrasts two works: "The Knight's Tale" and "The Miller's Tale". "The Knight's Tale" depicts an idealized courtly love triangle between nobility, featuring tragic combat over a woman. "The Miller's Tale" depicts a comic, slapstick affair between bourgeoisie involving trickery and lechery over a woman. Both works involve a love triangle, elderly authority figures trying to control women, and different views on divinity and fate.

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    Connections: "The Knight's Tale" and "The Miller's Tale.

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    Tragic, Idealized Courtly Love among Nobility Genre: Medieval Epic or Epic Romance Setting: Grandeur of the Classical World (occupied only by noblemen) Sir Palamon Love Triangle Sir Arcite Comic, Slapstick Affair among Bourgeoisie Genre: Fabliau Setting: Oxford village (occupied by bourgeois students and landlords) Absolon the Cleric Hende Nicholas

    Love Triangle

    Theseus Lady Emilye Elderly Authority Figure: Duke Theseus


    (tries and fails to control Emilye's sexual future)

    John Alisoun Elderly Authority Figure: John the


    Carpenter (tries to hold Alisoun "narwe in a cage," as the text says)

    Divine Plans and Predestination: The


    Greek gods intervene in human affairs with omens, miracles, and disasters. The universe is ordered and fate is inescapable.

    Mockery of Divinity and Predestination:


    The "prophecies" of another ood merely a scam to get sex. The universe works by random chaos and trickery.

    Love at First Sight: Palamon and Arcite


    fall in love with Emilye from afar when they are war-prisoners. They spend dangerous years trying to be near her--all sighs and tears.

    Love at First Sight: Nicholas sees Alisoun,


    propositions her, and grabs her by the "queynt." She instantly gives in to his lecherous advances --all gropings and sex in tubs.

    Conventions of Courtly Lover: Emilye is


    blond, gray-eyed, demure, and of aristocratic mien--always proper, appropriate, and helpless.

    Inversions of Courtly Lover: Alisoun is darkhaired, slender as a weasel, earthy, vivacious, fun-loving, and mischievous.

    Fierce Combat: Two suitors face off with


    sword and shield to engage in lengthy ritualized combat with hundreds of knights in an orderly tournament arena. Men die and are injured.

    Slapstick Combat: Two suitors face off with


    "thonder dent" farts and poke the enemy in the rear with hot iron implements.

    Tragic Ending: Community gathers to hear solemn


    sermon on predestination, mourns the death of Sir Arcite and his broken body.

    Comic Ending: Community gathers to laugh at


    John and make fun of the situation.

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