Since Bottom didn't appear in our reading of Scene 2 Act 2, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, I've decided to do a Character Analysis of Lysander. Lysander is one of the two suitors that is trying to marry Hermia. The other suitor is Demetrius. Hermia's father, Theseus, promised Demetrius that he could marry Hermia. The man that Hermia loves is Lysander. So, Hermia and Lysander decide to run off into the woods. While Hermia and Lysander are sleeping in the woods, a hobgoblin named Robin Goodfellow sprinkles flower nectar on his eyes so Lysander will fall in love with the first woman he sees when he wakes up. Unfortunately, the first woman he sees is Helena, a friend of Hermia that loves Demetrius. So, the chapter ends with this weird love square where there are no perfect couples.
I feel very bad for Lysander. It's very disappointing that Lysander ran off into the woods with Hermia, so he could be with her. Running into the woods caused more harm because a hobgoblin made him fall in love with another woman. Now, he loves a different woman that doesn't love him back. It seems as if he loved Hermia too much. Since he loved her too much, he destroyed the bond between them by falling in love with another woman. Lysander is an innocent, lovesick character that happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
If someone were to take on the role of Lysander, he would have to be an excellent actor. At one moment, he would have to love one woman. Then, suddenly, he would have to convince his audience that a spell manipulated him to love a different woman. The actor playing Lysander would have to be a decent looking fellow, because Hermia fell in love with him. This is a very hard role to act, but if someone is able to do a great job in the role of Lysander, it will improve the quality of the play.
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