Titania

Titania is a character from medieval and Renaissance folklore. She is the queen of the fairies and appears most famously in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In "A Tiny Feast," Titania is still the fairy queen, but she has become a maternal figure for a changeling child. People in the hospital know her as Trudy. Titania is powerful, steadfast, and overwhelmed with love for the child. As the story unfolds, she becomes more and more attached to the boy, and eventually becomes his mother. Titania becomes acquainted with the realm of humans in the hospital, and is both intrigued and saddened by witnessing the love of parents for their children.

Oberon

Oberon is Titania's husband and king of the fairies. To people in the hospital, he is known as Bob. Oberon is very emotional about the boy's illness, which Titania sees as showy and disingenuous. Unlike Titania...