One of today's leading choices of entertainment is talk shows. Leading the rest is Jerry Springer. A man much more entertaining that never received ratings for his work was Geoffrey Chaucer. His stories of Midevil life in England bring far more surprise to an audience than any of Springer's guests. His story The Miller's Tale was extremely captivating and funny. In the prologue, there is a drunken miller and he is the one who tells the story. Other people try to tell the miller to stop, as he has had too much to drink, but he guarantees that this is a story that needs to be told. In the prologue, the miller calls himself a cuckold, meaning an old fool whose wife cheats on him. In this manner, he seems to imply that he may be the carpenter from the story. He states that his story is meant to warn other men not to befall the same fate. The miller starts off giving the setting of the tale. The carpenter rents a room to the young scholar Nicholas. "A poor scholar was …show more content…
While he is gone Nicholas and Abigail come up with a plan to busy her husband so that they may be together all night. Nicholas takes plenty of food and locks himself in his room. When the carpenter comes to look for him Abigail acts as though she believes he is sick, as he will not answer his door. The carpenter worries that all of Nicholas' studying has finally driven him mad. When the carpenter goes to break down the door to his boarder's room, Nicholas acts as though he has awoken from a trance. He then tells the carpenter that he has had a vision that he can share only with him. The carpenter buys it word for word. Nicholas tells the carpenter that he must find three kneading tubs to use for boats for another flood is coming like in the day of Noah, and the only people that Nicholas can save is the carpenter, Abigail and himself. He also tells him to gather food and gives him directions as to what to do to prepare for the