Comparison of Two Stories from the Canterbury Tales The Miller's Tale and the Franklin's Tale are two completely different stories. The miller's tale responds to certain other tales, like the Knight's tale. It turns it from courtly love into a burlesque farce. In the Franklin's tale, the lovers are described as higher on the social rank. The genre of the Miller's tale is that of fabliaux. Fabliaux are a story or tale, which describes naughty …showed first 75 words of 597 total…

…showed last 75 words of 597 total…Nicholas' advances. The reoccurrence to the arse and farting contributes to the humor of the story. In many ways, the two tales were very different. The theme, plot, and endings were very much on opposite ends of the spectrum. However, the characterization that Chaucer implemented in both tales was extremely similar. The vivid use of imagery to describe the women was very well written and the reader can easily understand and relate to the similes.