Read the extract below and answer the question:

......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a hart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E'er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)

The lines mean that the speaker

• A.is being pursued by cruel hounds
• B.has been turn into a hart
• C.is a victim of his desires
• D.does not understand himself.