How does Chaucer present the Miller in The prologue to the Miller's Tale?
Chaucer wrote a portrait of the Miller in the general prologue of the Canterbury tales. In this, the Miller is described as an extremely well built man with broad shoulders and large muscles. He has red hair, with a large beard and a wart upon his nose. Chaucer uses colour symbolism in the portrait; he compares the Miller with the colour red to portray the image that he is an aggressive man. He also uses animal symbolism by comparing the Miller to animals such as a pig, this portrays the image that the Miller is dirty and lazy. Chaucer also tells us that the Miller plays the bagpipes. At the time that the Canterbury tales was wrote bagpipes were associated with hell and evil.
Chaucer wrote a portrait of the Miller in the general prologue of the Canterbury tales. In this, the Miller is described as an extremely well built man with broad shoulders and large muscles. He has red hair, with a large beard and a wart upon his nose. Chaucer uses colour symbolism in the portrait; he compares the Miller with the colour red to portray the image that he is an aggressive man. He also uses animal symbolism by comparing the Miller to animals such as a pig, this portrays the image that the Miller is dirty and lazy. Chaucer also tells us that the Miller plays the bagpipes. At the time that the Canterbury tales was wrote bagpipes were associated with hell and evil.