PARRIS: Cast the Devil out! Look him in the face! Trample him! We’ll save you, Mary, only stand fast against him – .
ABIGAIL: Look out! She’s coming down!
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 3. When the girls led by Abby pretend that Mary Warren’s spirit is attacking them in the form of a bird, Parris joins in. He acts as if he were with the forces of good fighting against evil. Like Abby, he too is manipulating the court to undermine Mary’s evidence that she and the girls lied about seeing witches and the Devil.