The storyline would be altered because if Lysander never existed in the play then maybe Hermia might fall in love with the man her father approves of which is Demetrius, and there will be conflict between Hermia, and Helena. The conclusion might be that Demetrius as to choose between Hermia, and Helena. The author's attitude towards his characters is pretty dark, the darkness quickly gives away to a light hearted tone that reveals Shakespeare's sense of humor about the pitfalls of love. .
Some questions that I would kindly ask the author about the presentation of the characters are the four young Athenian lovers in the play are pretty much interchangeable characters. Shakespeare's seems to have deliberately avoided developing Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius as unique characters. Is this a commentary on the fact that love makes everyone a fool and a person in love needs no other explanation? At the end of the play the issues between the young lovers all seem resolved. Demetrius now loves Helena, and Lysander returns to his original love for Hermia. Still, we know the Demetrius remains enchanted, and that Hermia watched Lysander betray her but doesn't know he was enchanted when he did it. Does the state in which the lovers leave for Athens the justify the claim that they'll live happily ever after?.
Plot.
Exposition- Hermia doesn't want to marry Demetrius, the man her father has picked, but Cordelia won't flatter her father like her sisters do, so he banishes her.
Rising Action.
Hermia and Lysander elope, others follow them to the woods, but meanwhile Goneril and Regan reject Lear, who begins to realize his error in judgment.
Climax.
In the strictest sense there is no real climax, as the conflicts of the play are all resolved swiftly by magical means in Act IV, the moment of greatest tension is probably the quarrel between the lovers in Act III, scene II.
Falling Action.
The lover's choices receive official sanction; Egeus's desire to punish Hermia disobedience is overruled.
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