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In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales there are twenty-nine plus one characters. Out
of the twenty-nine plus one characters two will be compared and contrasted. The
Friar and the Miller have some similarities and at the same time some
differences. The Friar and the Miller show a few similarities in Canterbury
Tales. They are both very strong and able to head butt things without a problem.
The Friar was,” strong enough to butt a bruiser down”(94). The Miller was,”
Broad, knotty, and short-shouldered”(109)”he would boast he could heave any door
off hinge and post, or take a run and break it with his head”(101). The Friar
and the Miller both played musical instruments in Canterbury Tales. The both of
them also had a way of cheating people out of their money The are also a few
differences the Friar and the Miller show. The Friar, for instance, was part of
the church; the Miller was not. Also, the Friar has a name, Hubert. The Miller
does not have a name. The instrument the Friar plays isn’t the same as the
Miller.
The Friar,” played the hurdy-gurdy,”(95) and also the harp. The Miller,”
He liked to play his bagpipes…”(101) Even though they had ways of cheating
people out of their money they had different ways of doing it. . The Friar would
hear confessions from the wealthy for a good price and,” The Friar was also the
finest beggar of his hatch”(95). The Miller had,” A thumb of gold, by God, to
gauge an oat”(101)! The Miller would press down on the weighing scale to make
the oat weight more. Therefore making the oat cost more. In Canterbury Tales
there are twenty-nine plus one characters. Out of the twenty-nine plus one
characters, the Friar and the Miller are compared and contrasted. Out of this
comparison and contrasting the outcome showed how the Friar and the Miller are
alike and somewhat different. Even though they do some of the same things like
cheat innocent people out of their money, they do it in different ways which
make them have differences.
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