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Titania was the name of a character in William Shakespeare's play A
Midsummer Night's Dream. In Shakespeare's play, she is the queen of the
fairies. Due to Shakespeare's influence, later fiction has often used the
name "Titania" for fairy queen characters.
In traditional folklore, the fairy queen has no name. Shakespeare took the
name 'Titania' from Ovid's Metamorphoses, where it is an appellation given
to the daughters of Titan.Holland, Peter, ed. A Midsummer Night's Dream
(OUP, 1994)
In the Shakespeare play, Titania is a very proud creature and as much of a
force to contend with as her husband Oberon. The marital quarrel she and
her husband are engaged in over which of them should have the keeping of a
changeling page is the engine that drives the mix ups and confusion of the
other characters in the play. Due to an enchantment cast by Oberon's
henchman Puck, Titania magically falls in love wit
