He wake me every night, his eyes were like coals and his fingers claw my neck, and I sign, I sign.
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 3. Mary Warren goes from being servant to the Proctors to their mortal enemy as she provides false testimony that John Proctor is working for the Devil. She throws her employer under the bus, telling the court that he forced her to sign the Devil’s book. She uses demonic imagery and simile – "eyes were like coals," "fingers claw my neck" – to describe how Proctor woke her up every night until he got her to sign.