Question

Why are all the people going to canterbury in prologue to canterbury tales.

Answer 1

The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Hope it helps you

Answer 2

The author Geoffrey Chaucer, in his collection of 24 stories, by the name of The Canterbury Tales represents the journey made by pilgrims, and therefore, as the travelers are pilgrims, their destination is surely the pilgrimage centers.

And as it happens to be, the travel is from London to Canterbury, in the wake of visiting Saint Thomas Becket’s shrine, at Canterbury Cathedral.