Excerpt from act i, scene 1, in a midsummer night's dream by william shakespeare lysander i am, my lord, as well derived as he, as well possessed. my love is more than his; my fortunes every way as fairly ranked, if not with vantage, as demetrius’. what is lysander saying in this scene? i am more handsome than demetrius, so hermia should marry me. i love hermia and demetrius doesn’t. i am just as good a match as demetrius. i have a higher rank than demetrius, so hermia should marry me.