In the play, Much Ado About Nothing, the morality of lying is questioned. When is it ever right to lie? Well in MAAN, multiple characters do their fair share of lying. Although some have good intentions, some also have bad. For example, The Prince, Claudio, Hero, Balthazar, and Leonato all lie to Benedick and Beatrice, but they have good intentions. They wanted to bring Benedick and Beatrice together. Because they were trying to do something good, I think in this example, it is morally right.
On the other hand, characters like Don John and Borachio lie and have bad intentions. They try to mess with Claudio and Hero's marriage, by first telling Claudio that the prince stole Hero, and now they are attempting to "show" that Hero is unfaithful. They have bad intentions, therefore I think that it is morally wrong to lie in this occasion.
Although I don't believe that lying is always morally wrong, I do agree that lying can get you in much worse situations.
Jack
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Jack,
These were two fine examples. I, in fact used the identical ones. It's amazing how every character has some share of lying tendencies in them. However you are in desperate need of quotations to back up your statements. Also, perhaps a bit of analysis would contribute to the overall thoroughness of the post.
Nice response.
I wish I could disagree with you on your points for the sake of argument, but I agree with both of them. It's brilliant how Shakespeare has one big lie lead to a new relationship, while another ends up breaking up the marriage of Claudio and Hero. Lying undoubtedly creates new conflict, whether it be good or not.
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