Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Lysander is one of the iconic lovers in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.^[1] A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus's daughter Hermia. Unfortunately, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and would prefer his daughter to marry a man named Demetrius. Hermia's friend Helena is in love with Demetrius. When Hermia is forced to choose between dying, becoming a nun, or marrying Demetrius, Lysander and she run away into the forest. They face different problems in the forest between love.

References

^ "A Midsummer Night's Dream". http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/dream/. Retrieved May 9, 2011.

Characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream

Lovers	Oberon and Titania Lysander and Hermia Demetrius and Helena Theseus and Hippolyta

Mechanicals	Nick Bottom Peter Quince Francis Flute Robin Starveling Tom Snout Snug

Other characters	Puck Egeus Philostrate Other Characters