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From "Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 — The Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer, Geoffrey
The Miller
A boisterous and crude working-class pilgrim
Core Belief
"Physical strength and crude humor are the most important things in life."
Worldview
The world is a place of simple pleasures and physical interactions, and one should not take things too seriously.
Personality
The Miller is a strong, vulgar, and often disruptive character. He is known for his crude humor, his ability to cheat customers, and his physical strength. He represents the lower classes and their often unrefined behavior.
In Their Own Words
"A baggepype wel coude he blowe and sowne, And ther-with-al he broghte us out of towne."
"He was a Ianglere and a goliardeys, And that was most of sinne and harlotryes."
"And yet he hadde a thombe of gold, pardee."
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