...portent of death. Caliban even alludes to this cluster of associations in his first, imprecating, lines: As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen Drop on you both!' (I.ii.32i-5) Corax may be compounded in her name with Greek sus, for pig or hog: she is a 'swine-raven'....

...Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself Upon thy wicked dam; come forth. Enter CALIBAN CALIBAN As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen Drop on you both: a south-west blow on ye, And blister you all o'er! PROSPERO For this, be sure, tonight thou shalt have...

...poisonous slave' iLii.ilS1. In replv, in iniages concrete and earth bound, C'alihan curses Prospero: As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen Drop on you bothl A southwest blow on ye And blister you afl o'er! iUi.32I-241 Caliban's unregenerate nature and...

...less convincing evidence but certainly suggests Sycorax 's occult activity when he says: As wricked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen Drop on you both. (1.2.322-34) Furthermore, in early modern terms mating with a devil was characteristic of a witch.62...

...in man, whether savage or civilized. Hear him, in his wrath against Prospero and Miranda : — " A wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen, Light on you both ! '' The wild malignity of this curse, fierce as it is, yet wants the moral venom,...

...in man, whether savage or civilized. Hear him, in his wrath against Prospero and Miranda : — " A wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen, Light on you both ! " The wild malignity of this curse, fierce as it -is, yet wants the moral venom,...

...stregoneria, e viene esplicitamente nominato da Caliban con riferimento a Sycorax e alle sue pratiche magiche («As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed / With raven's feather from unwholesome fen / Drop on you both!»11, esclama rivolto a Prospero e Ariel, I, 2, vv. 323-325), la natura immonda del maiale viene...