Private and Public Space in 'The Miller's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Woods, William F.
Private and Public Space in 'The Miller's Tale'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 29 (1994): 166-78.
- Description
- In MilT, the house and the space around it symbolize both the tale itself and the principal characters. The top floor represents the "heavenly" sphere where the flood is predicted and awaited; the middle, or "earthly," level is Alison's bedroom; and the lower, street level is where all the punishments take place. Each male character seeks his private space with Alison at his own level and is "rewarded" accordingly.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.