A story of a licentious woman, a love triangle gone awry, a misplaced kiss, and revenge .. ... The following is Chaucer's description of Absalom: "This Absolon, that jolif was and gay,/Gooth with a sencer on the haliday,/sensinge the wyves of the parish faste;/And many a lovely look on hem he caste /Hath in his herte switch a love-longinge/That of no wyf ne took he noon offringe;/For curteisye, he seyde he wolde noon... /Under his tonge a trewe-love he beer,/For thereby wende he to ben gracious...

• Word Count: 678
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Siblings will fight over toys, the last biscuit, even whom Mom and Dad love the most. ... Chaucer, writing as both the Knight and the Miller, uses various parallels and literary devices to illustrate the two men's attitudes toward love and chivalry. ... She is: Fairer to be seen Than lilies rising on their stalks of green And fresher than the May when flowers are new " For she contended with the rose in hue "- (80) Alison is "far a prettier sight to see/Than the new blossoms on a spring pear tree."" (127) Both tales also contain love tri...

• Word Count: 979
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

He is a perfect genteel man who loved truth, freedom, chivalry, and honor (79). ... In his tale he talks about love and romance that the Miller himself has no use for. ... The two tales are alike in that they both tell of a three way love triangle (classicnotes.com). Each of the tales involve two men who share a love for the same woman. ...

• Word Count: 1019
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School