In "The Miller's Tale" and "The Reeve's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales, two of the characters are easily comparable. Nicholas, from "The Miller's Tale", and John from "The Reeve's Tale", have both common ground as well as some differences in their role and action in each story. Their actions are used as an example of the behavior of the time period. In "The Miller's Tale", the scholar, Nicholas is a "close and shy" person who …showed first 75 words of 328 total…

…showed last 75 words of 328 total…fictional flood he falls asleep. This allowed his wife Alisoun, and Nicholas to sleep together. In conclusion, the role of these two men in each story is similar but serve well for how the author intended them. The analysis of the two stories shows that they are alike in some ways and different ways. What I carry with me is that each character shows the evil and corruption of the time period it was written.