A witch, whose name has been lost to history, had recently been banished from North Africa for sorcery around the time Shakespeare was writing the play; her similarity to Sycorax has struck a few scholars as notable.
A witch, whose name has been lost to history, had recently been banished from North Africa for sorcery around the time Shakespeare was writing the play, according to literary critic Charles Lamb. His claims, however, remain unverified; her similarity to Sycorax has struck a few scholars as notable.