Lysander Control And Control Quotes

In the play, Lysander is both under someone’s control and controlling. He is put under the love potion by Puck, due to directions from Oberon, and he is under the control of the spell. Because of this, he tries to control Helena into loving him, because she is the first thing he sees. He tries to convince her of his lpve for her, but she sees it as only a cruel joke. Lysander says, “Reason become the marshal to my will/ And leads me to your eyes, where I overlook/ love’s stories written in love’s richest book.” Then, Helena replies, “Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born?/ When at your hands did I deserve this scorn?/ Is’t not enough, is’t not enough, young man/ That I did never, no, or never can/ Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius’ eye,/