The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales were told during a pilgrimage journey from London to the shrine of the martyr Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. This wasapproximately 70 miles to the southeast. These Tales weretold by a group of 29 pilgrims, and a Host who met up withthem at the Tabard Inn. They left the Inn on the morning ofApril, 11. The Nuns Priest Tale was the first storyactually told, this was determined by whoever drew theshortest straw. The pilgrim who told the best story wouldwin a free dinner, and the losers had to pay for hisdinner. Geoffrey Chaucer who was without a doubt thegreatest English poet of the Middle Ages, wrote this greatstory The Canterbury tales. What makes this story somemorable is the fact that Chaucer began writing TheCanterbury Tales in 1387, and had never finished , he wroteon this story from the years 1387-1400, until he passedaway. But now that weve talked about chaucer and I havegave you a little bit of background on The Prologue to TheCanterbury Tales, We are going to learn a little bit aboutthe Miller, who was one of the 29 pilgrims on the religiousjourney. We will learn about his Physical Traits, hisPersonality, and also his Professional Trades.The Miller was a very big and strong man, that , statedin The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, Could win the ramat any wrestling show. He was Broad, Knotty , andShort-Shouldered. It also says he could Heave any door offhinge and post, Or take a run and break it with his head.The Millers beard was red, and very big and thick, and hisnose had a wart on the end, with red hairs protruding out ofit. His nostrils were black and very wide. He wore a swordand a buckler at his side, also the Miller wore a blue hoodand a white coat. This is it for the physical traits of theMiller, I think you know by now, that he was big, and he wasstrong. Now well talk about the Millers personality.The Millers personality was very distin...
