Embedded in a comedic form, Chaucer’s ‘The Miller’s Tale’ delineates the parameters of day-to-day life in fourteenth century England, documenting the various social tensions that would have been identifiable with a contemporary audience. Written in the vernacular, Chaucer’s use of biblical allusion correlates directly with the exploration of sin and, paired with his slap-stick reprisals, it is possible that we may define these as ‘consequences’. Finished somewhat a half century before Chaucer’s work, Dante’s allegorical journey through hell explores sin in isolation to secondary influences such as politics, far removing any assumption that Inferno may be dubbed a political allegory. Also written in the vernacular, Dante’s somewhat ‘low style’