Courtly Love Aspects

The topic for the third journal was to discuss the courtly love aspects found in “The Miller’s Tale,” “Alison,” and “Merciless Beauty.” Courtly love is where a lady is put upon a pedestal of love, and a man will ask her to pity him. The man always says that he is her servant, but sings her songs of woe.
In “The Miller’s Tale,” there were three men that put a young lady upon a pedestal of love. The first one was her husband, whom she had just recently wed. Her husband, who was a carpenter, loved her more than life itself. The following lines state how the carpenter felt about his wife:
This carpenter had wedded a new wife
Which that he loved more than his life.
Of eighteen years she was of age;
Jealous he was, and held her near in cage,
For she was wild and young, and he was old,
And suspected of himself that he was like a cuckold (238, Lines 113-118).
The second man was a poor scholar, a ...