Have you not set Lysander, as in scorn,
To follow me and praise my eyes and face?
And made your other love, Demetrius,
Who even but now did spurn me with his foot,
To call me goddess, nymph, divine and rare,
Precious, celestial? Wherefore speaks he this
To her he hates?
– William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2. Helena is very confused and upset about the situation when Lydander and Demetrius both declare their love for her. She believes that they and Hermia have conspired together to make fun of her. This is an example of dramatic irony, as the audience knows the two men are under the effects of a love potion.