Medieval literature abounds with comic tales in verse and prose with all of them being of most different genres. Fabliau is considered to be one of the most important genres of comic tales; it represents a comic, often anonymous, tale in verse which has scurrilous and sometimes even obscene character. “Fabliaux were particularly popular in the twelfth- and thirteenth-century France … In a looser sense this term is used of humorous tales in prose or any kind of verse, which centre typically on sexual escapades and cynical tricks.” (Phillips 54) The plot of fabliaux usually centers around the jokes, folktales, and anecdotes which are known all around the world. The action is such tales is unrealistic; all the normal sanctions, morals, and consequences are removed and the characters sometimes resort to quite unexpected actions. The most famous writers who compiled tales in this genre were Douin de Lavesne, Gauter le Leu, and Jean Bodel; some of the fabliaux were reworked by Geoffrey Chaucer in his collection of “Canterbury Tales” and Giovanni Boccaccio in his “Decamerone”. “The Miller’s Tale” and “The Reeve’s Tale” are fabliaux from Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”; they refer to namely this genre because both of them are written in a mocking style, both use vulgar and crude language, and both express the significance of fabliaux in the tales. To begin with, “The Miller’s Tale” and “The Reeve’s Tale” have plots typical for fabliau. “The Miller’s Tale” is about and old man whose young wife is planning to cheat on him with a clerk: “For she was wild and young, and he was old,/ And deemed himself as like to be cuckold.” (Chaucer 89) This tale is a distinctive presentation of the genre of fabliau because it differs from the traditional form of verse writing. What is the most important is that it can be characterized by the detailed description of all the characters of the tale. This allows evoking sympathy or antipathy for characters, which the traditional Old French narratives never do. For instance, John is presented as a stereotypical husband who has a younger wife; he is jealous and he is always suspecting his wife in cheating on him. This is not directly demonstrated in the tale, but Alison (the young wife) refers to her husband’s jealousy in a conversation with Nicholas when John leaves the house on business: “My husband is so full of jealousy,/ Unless you will await me secretly,/ I know I’m just as good as dead.” (Chaucer 92) This tale is a fabliau because it is full of crude language, which is used even when Nicholas is speaking about love and romance. “The Miller’s Tale” also serves to introduce another fabliau, “The Reeve’s Tale”. “The Reeve’s Tale” and “The Miller’s Tale” have similar features of fabliau. The main similarity lies in the plot of these two tales; basically, the stories differ slightly in the number of characters, setting, and by-plots. Symkyn is the main character of this tale; two witty young clerks fool the miller and sleep with his wife and daughter. What distinguishes these two tales is that miller’s wife and daughter do not make any plans on involving into sexual relationships with the clerks. Unlike Alison, Symkyn’s wife has all the grounds to complain abou