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