The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales had been debated by many critics from various perspectives.In this essay the different views about the General Prologue as an arbitrary collection of medieval people,as different estate,as social forces they represented,or as an escape from plague in the society will be elaborated and discussed. The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales had been debated by many critics from various perspectives.In this essay the different views about the General Prologue as an arbitrary collection of medieval people, as different estate, as social forces they represented, or as an escape from plague in the society will be elaborated and discussed.