The Knight’s Tale and The Miller’s Tale have many similarities, one of them being the situation of each of the tales. The Knight’s Tale and The Miller’s Tale parallel in plot, for instance, “a courtly love triangle in the romance is followed by an earthier threesome in the fabliau and lordly Theseus as patriarch is replaced by silly John the carpenter” (Benson, 138). The characters in each of the stories also have parallels. John represents the gullible, god-fearing, moral husband, while Theseus is the old, wise, moral leader. Nicholas and Absalon are like the two quarreling knights, Arcite and Palamon, both in love with Alison. In much the same way, Arcite and Palamon are trying to court Emily. Emily and Allison are both the love interests of their individual tales. Absalon is the courtly lover in The Miller’s Tale. When Absalon meets the beautiful Alison, he resolves to court her, as if she were some noblewoman in a chivalric romance. Absalon goes to John and Alison’s house singing love songs to Alison beneath her window. In deep contrast, Nicholas’ approach to wooing Alison is far more direct. He doesn’t follow the traditional idea of courtly love, like Absalon, but rather he grabs her between the legs and then holds her tight “by the haunch-bones”(Chaucer, 1544). She struggles, but then gives in rather too soon for her struggling to be completely believable (Bernando). The wisdom of age is also questioned through an implied comparison of John and Theseus. “John is "silly" where Theseus has the qualities of "wisdom and chivalry.” It doesn't seem to occur

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