I think this can either be a compound (or loose) metaphor
or a complex metaphor. In a compound metaphor, there are multiple comparisons or ideas.
In a complex metaphor, one comparison is on top of another one. In this metaphor, there
are three different elements; a history (which means a story), sucking teats (which
refers to feeding) and the devil, which is a symbol of
evil.
The meaning of the metaphor is that there are certain
stories or tales that are nourished by evil, or who have their origin in evil. Any story
that "sucks at the Devil's teats" is a story that is being nourished by evil and is
therefore harmful.
Some things that could be examples of
stories that are nursed by the devil in the play The Crucible are
the supersitions about witches that are used to condemn innocent people or, since the
play was written as a comment against McCarthyism, false rumors that ruin a person's
reputation.
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