... even whom Mom and Dad love the most. But who ever heard of arguing over who tells a better story? This is exactly the premise of the quarrel between the Miller and the Knight in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. 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. The two narrators of the tales, the Knight and ... then proceeds to tell a story that parallels the Knight's, yet serves to parody chivalry and undermine the Knight's tale. 3 The Miller begins his tale in the ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School