The Crippled Devil  

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The Crippled Devil (original Spanish: El Diablo cojuelo 1641) is a fantastic tale by Spanish writer Luis Vélez de Guevara which suggested to Le Sage the idea of his Diable boiteux.

The plot presents a rascal student that hides in an astrologer's mansard. He frees a devil from a bottle. As an acknowledgement the devil shows him the apartments of Madrid and the tricks, miseries and mischiefs of their inhabitants. A similar theme was suggested by the magic lenses in Los anteojos de mejor vista (1620-1625) by Rodrigo Fernández de Ribera.

The theme of the Devil exposing society as an apartment block, as it could be seen if the entire facade would be removed, was also used in the The Master and Margarita.

Towards the end of te Hitchcocks Shadow of a Doubt, there is a similar theme, but the devil is replaced with pig imagery.

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