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Sam Nelson
Fr. Fitzgibbons
English 190
10/28/04
Reflecting the Storyteller
It is said that people often look like their pets. Geoffrey Chaucer plays off this idea with his literary work, The Canterbury Tales, by making the character's story reflect upon the character him or herself. The description of a character is a sort of foreshadowing of what kind of tale he or she will tell. The stories are written so that the content and the style both relate to the storyteller's character. The Miller, a rough and rude man, demonstrates Chaucer's technique when he tells a tale of crude subject. "The Pardoner's Tale" demonstrates this as well. He is a sly and cunning man, one who is good at deceiving for gain. His tale preaches against the very sin that he commits, as to attain his own goal. Each storyteller projects a part of his or her character into the story that he or she tells.
Chaucer's description of the Miller is one that would most likely drive most women away, for he is......

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