The statement among the options that best illustrates Parris's character is that he is more concerned with how people will react when they learn that there are confessions than he is with the fact that innocent people will die. (option A)
Who is Reverend Parris?
Reverend Parris is a character in the play "The Crucible." He is the minister of the church in Salem, the town where the story is set. We can infer from the passage that Parris is a man who worries about public approval more than he worries about justice.
After a group of people is arrested, accused of witchcraft, Parris wants at least one of them to confess to the crime - not because he believes them to be guilty, but because a confession would have people approve of their imprisonment and deaths. If no one confesses, people might get suspicious that innocents have been jailed for no reason.
With the information above in mind, we can select option A as the best answer.
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