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The characters in the story are a foolish old carpenter named John, his beautiful young wife Alisoun (often modernized as "Alison"), a student named Nicholas who rents a room in John's house and a handsome young man named Absalon. Both Absalon and Nicholas are in love with Alisoun but she only returns Nicholas' affections. Nicholas hatches an elaborate plan in order to get John out of the way so that he can sleep with Alisoun. When Absalon hears that John has not been seen all day, he believes that he has a chance to sleep with Alisoun too. All three male characters are badly humiliated before the end of the story.

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  • The Miller's Tale
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  • The characters in the story are a foolish old carpenter named John, his beautiful young wife Alisoun (often modernized as "Alison"), a student named Nicholas who rents a room in John's house and a handsome young man named Absalon. Both Absalon and Nicholas are in love with Alisoun but she only returns Nicholas' affections. Nicholas hatches an elaborate plan in order to get John out of the way so that he can sleep with Alisoun. When Absalon hears that John has not been seen all day, he believes that he has a chance to sleep with Alisoun too. All three male characters are badly humiliated before the end of the story.
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  • The characters in the story are a foolish old carpenter named John, his beautiful young wife Alisoun (often modernized as "Alison"), a student named Nicholas who rents a room in John's house and a handsome young man named Absalon. Both Absalon and Nicholas are in love with Alisoun but she only returns Nicholas' affections. Nicholas hatches an elaborate plan in order to get John out of the way so that he can sleep with Alisoun. When Absalon hears that John has not been seen all day, he believes that he has a chance to sleep with Alisoun too. All three male characters are badly humiliated before the end of the story. It is no accident that this story, told by a miller in which a student outwits a foolish carpenter, is followed by "The Reeve's Tale", told by a reeve who used to be a carpenter in which a foolish miller is outwitted by two students.
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