He uses lots of biblical language which would be expected from a priest, on the other hand however we would not expect a priest to use lots of exclamatives which is what Parris does. In terms of prosody we can see from the use of exclamatives that Parris likes to think he is in control, and has a lot of power. We know this from when he orders ‘Betty!’ to answer ‘Mr Hale!’ The use of so much exclamation would possibly be intimidating to an audience and because he doesn’t conform to the holy stereotype which would cause a lack of sympathy from an
He uses lots of biblical language which would be expected from a priest, on the other hand however we would not expect a priest to use lots of exclamatives which is what Parris does. In terms of prosody we can see from the use of exclamatives that Parris likes to think he is in control, and has a lot of power. We know this from when he orders ‘Betty!’ to answer ‘Mr Hale!’ The use of so much exclamation would possibly be intimidating to an audience and because he doesn’t conform to the holy stereotype which would cause a lack of sympathy from an