This essay will focus on a theme – the primary idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a literary work that may be conveyed through the characters, setting, dialogue, plot, or a combination of all of these elements.

This essay will focus on a theme – the primary idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a literary work that may be conveyed through the characters, setting, dialogue, plot, or a combination of all of these elements.
Write the essay on Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, “The Miller’s Tale” and focus on a theme you feel is central to the reading. Before you compose your essay, read several articles to see the way other writers interpret the text. Use one reference (minimum) as you develop your argument. Visit JSTOR or GoogleScholar.

This essay should be 4-7 pages, double spaced, 1” margins all around, Times New Roman font; an engaging and relevant title; include direct quotations or paraphrases from the text you are discussing. Avoid generalizations and repetitions. Look over your work before it is submitted.

Here’s a link with some information: https://opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu/milt1/

Use this version of the book to quote: the story starts on line 3187
1.3 The Miller’s Prologue and Tale | Harvard’s Geoffrey Chaucer Website