On the other hand, Lysander also comes across as a scornful and sarcastic person as he says: ‘you have her father's love, Demetrius; let me have Hermia's: do you marry him.’ It is also a very disrespectful remark to say because in those times homosexual marriages and homosexuality itself was banned and literally unheard of in the society.
Furthermore, Lysander accuses Demetrius of having an affair, as Demetrius ‘Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, and won her soul’. As well as describing Demetrius as a ‘inconstant man”, in order to prove Demetrius's betrayal. This demonstrates Lysander will tarnish anyone’s reputation to get what he wants even if it means exposing others. Lysander also wanted to show how faithful he is and has not ever wooed another woman while he has claimed to be in love with Hermia- unlike Demetrius.
Lysander’s situation is he is truly in love with Hermia and they both feel the same way – but they have a problem. Hermia’s father Egeus does not permit Lysander to marry his daughter and prefers Demetrius. Therefore, due to the Athenian law, Hermia is not allowed to marry Lysander or she will be killed. So, she and Lysander plan to elope into the forest and travel outside Athens in order to pursue marriage. Lysander is a very likeable because he is the victim, and most people can relate to their mother or father-in-law not liking them very much. Also,
During the book Hermia is evoked to be a defiant and passionate young woman. At the start she is portrayed to be rebellious and dis-obedient, as she refuses ‘to wed Demetrius’, to her father’s disapproval. Hermia is aggressive also, as when Helen mocks Hermia about her height, she responds but my ‘nails can reach unto thine eyes’.
However, she is loyal to Lysander even though she faces death, and she still stands by him. As, if her father were not to permit her to marry Lysander she will have to ‘yield’ her ‘virgin patent up’. Hermia is protective of Lysander as well, as when Theseus says: ‘Demetrius is a worthy gentleman’, she replies almost immediately ‘So is Lysander’.
Hermia is deeply in love with Lysander but, to her dismay, her father does not approve and claims Lysander has coaxed and ‘bewitched’ his daughter. Hermia does not want to marry Demetrius so ‘she gives him curses, yet he gives love’. Therefore, she devises a plan for her and Lysander to escape the Athenian law.
Due to his sweet gestures, loyalty and charm Lysander is my favorite male character. For example, he has ‘interchanged love tokens’ with Hermia, ‘given her rhymes’ and sung ‘at her window’ in the ‘moonlight’. Also, whenever Lysander mentions his lover, he is always complimenting and declaring his love for ‘beauteous Hermia’ which portrays him to be a hopeless romantic devoutly in love.