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:''For the moon of [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]], see [[Sycorax (moon)]].'' |
:''For the moon of [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]], see [[Sycorax (moon)]].'' |
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'''Sycorax''' is a [[fictional character]] mentioned though not seen in [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Tempest (play)|The Tempest]]'', a [[witch]] from [[Argier]] who lived on the island until her death about twenty-four years before the action of the play. She was banished to the island for practicing sorcery while pregnant with her son, [[Caliban (character)|Caliban]], and while she was there she enslaved the [[spiritual being|spirits]] to do her bidding, chiefly among them [[Ariel (Shakespeare)|Ariel]], whom she finally imprisoned in a pine tree for disobedience. Sycorax, who "with age and ennui / Was grown into a hoop", died of old age about twelve years before the arrival of [[Prospero]] and his daughter, Miranda. |
'''Sycorax''' is a [[fictional character]] mentioned though not seen in [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Tempest (play)|The Tempest]]'', a [[witch]] from [[Argier]] who lived on the island until her death about twenty-four years before the action of the play. She was banished to the island for practicing [[sorcery]] while [[pregnancy|pregnant]] with her son, [[Caliban (character)|Caliban]], and while she was there she enslaved the [[spiritual being|spirits]] to do her bidding, chiefly among them [[Ariel (Shakespeare)|Ariel]], whom she finally imprisoned in a pine tree for disobedience. Sycorax, who "with age and ennui / Was grown into a hoop", died of old age about twelve years before the arrival of [[Prospero]] and his daughter, Miranda. |
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Sycorax was a worshipper of the god [[Setebos]] and taught Caliban Setebos-worship before her death. |
Sycorax was a worshipper of the god [[Setebos]] and taught Caliban Setebos-worship before her death. |
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The Sycorax are also an alien race that will feature in the 2005 Christmas special of [[BBC]] TV's Sci-Fi series [[Doctor Who]]. |
The Sycorax are also an alien race that will feature in the [[2005]] [[The Christmas Invasion|Christmas special]] of [[BBC]] TV's Sci-Fi series [[Doctor Who]]. |
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Revision as of 09:13, 20 October 2005
- For the moon of Uranus, see Sycorax (moon).
Sycorax is a fictional character mentioned though not seen in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, a witch from Argier who lived on the island until her death about twenty-four years before the action of the play. She was banished to the island for practicing sorcery while pregnant with her son, Caliban, and while she was there she enslaved the spirits to do her bidding, chiefly among them Ariel, whom she finally imprisoned in a pine tree for disobedience. Sycorax, who "with age and ennui / Was grown into a hoop", died of old age about twelve years before the arrival of Prospero and his daughter, Miranda.
Sycorax was a worshipper of the god Setebos and taught Caliban Setebos-worship before her death.
The Sycorax are also an alien race that will feature in the 2005 Christmas special of BBC TV's Sci-Fi series Doctor Who.