# Sycorax — The Tempest character guide

> Sycorax in The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-act-i-scene-ii

## Who they are

The deceased witch and mother of Caliban, who imprisoned Ariel before Prospero.

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