The Reeve's Tale Introduction
Background/Moral
- Get vengeance on the Miller
- What goes around comes around
General Story
Characters
- Simpkin is the town miller
- Steals the grain once it is processed
- Denies the accusations
- Two students, John and Alan go to Simpkin because they believe that they can prevent him from cheating them
They are meant to poke fun at the Miller whose tale made fun of Reeves.
Simpkin
The Clerks
Molly
- Young and Poor
- Confident and headstrong
- Desire to trick the Miller
- Daughter of the Miller
- Very young...20
- Naive, but adventurous
- Can be manipulated through sex
- Very unrefined
- Like to fight
- Has a beautiful wife and daughter
- Cheats his customers