Pepys Great Fire Of London

Question 1

PAF

Answer 1

Purpose- initial purpose- private record of events and his life at the time of the event. Became a public primary source of the English restoration period.
Audience- begins as private snd intimate extends to historians when published
Format- partially a conventional diary no entry dates
Context- Pepys was a civil servant of high status, government official - affluent
Standpoint of an observer - privileged perspective

Question 2

Tone

Answer 2

Conversational register/ tone initially- writing for himself almost an internal dialogue
reflected by use of discourse marker “so” used multiple times to start sentences in the first paragraph. Simple connective without much formality- no formality required. However this thins out as the text progresses perhaps alongside a growing realisation that this diary may become a primary historical source therefore causing the formality to increase subsequently using discourse markers such as the adverbial phrase of time “by this time”

Tone of intimacy created by his continued use of sensory language. As the very fire touch them- Portrays his position of privilege as he is able to Report in such great detail Personification of the fire Illustrating a profound power that the fire encompasses.Conflict between domestic private and significant public Uses the sensory language to distinguish between the two however uses the sensory language to detail public