How does Chaucer present Absolon in The Millers Tale?

Question

i have done lots of work on this but my god it is so hard!!! any tips hints and help will be much appreciated!!!

Answer 1

The above is valid, but there is another view of Absolon, too, linked with the idea of Courtly love.  Absolon is a subverted form of the Courtly lover.  

He acts like the courtly lover when he serenades Alison.  However, If you look closely at Chaucer's depiction of him, you see that he is presented as more of an archetypal female from the Courtly Love Tradition (introduced by the Troubadors during the 12th Century).  Absolon is blonde haired and is obsessed with his clothes and looks.  It is a way of Chaucer pointing out vanity in males, which makes him less of a 'true' Courtly Lover.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Absolon is present as a sort of curruption of chruch and religon due to the fact that he takes the churchs offerings and keeps it as his own, he swings his censor around weman he likes, chaucer is tryin to portay that if a minor charater of the church is being some what blastphamous what are the the rest of the people  highter up in the church hieracy doing?

his shown to be a pardoy of courtly love, he is one of the lovers in the kinght tale. absolon used to mock this buy his actions , an examole is playing heroid( i think tahts how you spell it lol)

the difference of him and nicholas , the camparason