Characters in The Tempest

character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest

Prospero ( ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

Caliban ( ), the subhuman son of the sea witch Sycorax, is an important character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

character in Shakespeare's The Tempest

Sycorax is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (1611). She is a vicious and powerful witch and the mother of Caliban, one of the few native inhabitants of the island on which Prospero, the hero of the play, is stranded.