"will of man"
Cultural Context
Act 2,
Scene 2
Lines 110-122
Lysander
Helena
Lysander
For Elizabethans, life was seen in metaphorical terms as a civil war in which the body’s desires are rebelling against their natural ruler, the rational intellect. Topping their list of dangerous desires were the cravings for sex, alcohol, and trivial entertainments such as going to the theater.