Reeve's Prologue And Tale In The Canterbury Tales

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A serf who is a steward of a manor; he sees that the estate’s work is done and that everything is accounted for. He inspects everything and imposes fines on the workers if he finds anything wrong. Old, choleris (bad-tempered) and thin, skinny legs. Wears his hair like a priest- cut above his ears and docked on top. Chaucer starts out by saying that the Reeve does his job well, but he ends by implying that he is mean to the serfs and has become rich by embezzling from his master. He is dishonest and uses people. “A carpenter of first-rate skill” In Line 632.. Rides a dappled-gray horse named Scot. “Rode the hindmost of our cavalcade”- the last pilgrim in line on the journey. The Minister’s Prologue and Tale should always be read before reading the Reeve’s Prologue because The Minister’s Tale is combined with the Reeve’s Tale due to the Reeve explaining that people “had laughed at this foolish business of Absolon and clever Nicholas” In Lines (3855-56). That’s a confusion to the reader …show more content…

The Reeve which is Osewold does take offense at the Miller’s tale of a stupid carpenter and counters his tale of a dishonest Miller. Osewold speaks in the Millers churl’s terms to basically lay it on the line for him on basically how he feels about the Miller’s tale, but in a weird, friendly way. Osewold speaks “I pray to God his neck may break into pieces, he can well in my eye see a piece of straw, but in his own he can not see a large piece of timber” In Lines (3918-20). Basically, the Miller and the Reeve don’t like each other at all due to them working with each other as carpenters in the same mill. Osewold is basically, trying to explain that the Miller is a thief and a dishonest miller and not fully honest with the company. Plus, the Miller is drunk so it’s still going to look bad on him because of him still being dishonest with his

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