# 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.

## Relationships

### [Ariel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/characters/ariel)

_psychological_

Ariel was imprisoned by the witch Sycorax and remains haunted by her memory and past servitude.

### [Ariel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/characters/ariel)

_psychological_

Ariel was imprisoned by the witch Sycorax and remains haunted by her memory and past servitude.

## In the story

### [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ii)

Mentioned as the witch who imprisoned Ariel in a cloven pine and as Caliban's mother.

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