In the play Much Ado About Nothing, the class and gender stereotypes are presented. Throughout the play, Men are portrayed as the stronger one and the more knowledgable ones. Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick walk around like they are so great and Hero flutters like a little girl, not really knowing what is happeneing, just going along with it. Claudio and Don pedro think they are so much better than everyone due to their rank and class, that when hero is bamled for not being a virgin they have to shame her infront of everyone. When the Dogberry come to Leonato before the wedding to tell him of the prisoners, Leonato blows him off. Leonato thinks he is so much better than Dogberry, but really it is Dogberry and his men who save the day. Shakespeare uses these examples and events to portray that these stereotypes are wrong and that woman are just as smart and important as men and that your rank is really just a name. Dogberry isn't as high of rank as Leonato or anyone living in is house, but he is the one who ends up catchnig Don Jon. Hero also has a plan to fake death after Claudio shmes her infront of everyone. Shakespeare does not believe in these stereotypes and uses the way we interpret each event to express his opinion.

MAAN & Ethics

Overall I feel that lying is unethical. It is something that one can live without doing but in certain circumstances and depending on what one is lying for,I feel it can be ok. If one tells a little white lie that will not hurt anyone, just help someone else,that is not unethical. On the other hand if one is lying for self gain and if their lie will hurt people in the process, that is unethical.
In the play Much Ado About Nothing, many characters lie both for themselves and for the good of others. Leonato, Claudio and Don Pedro lie to Benedick about Beatrice's feelings towards him. They lead Benedick to believe that Beatrice is in love with him, so that he will be nicer to her and maybe even love her back. "Bait the hook well;this fish will bite" (II.3.102). "He hath t' en th'infection. Hold it up" (II.3.113). The men are talking about how benedick is buying into their lie, but in this case their lie is ok. They are lying for the good of Benedick and Beatrice, and they are trying to help a friend. By lying to Benedick they will not gain anything themselves and they are trying to make everyone happy. Because of the reason they are lying, this is not unethical.
In Act II, scene 2, Don Jon and Borachio are making a plan to stop Claudio and Hero's marriage. Don Jon asks Borachio how to do so and Borachio replies, "Not honestly, my lord, but so covertly that no dishonesty shall appear in me" (II.2.8). Borachio confesses that he will have to lie to break the marriage. In this case, Don Jon and Borachio's lie is unethical because they are doing it only for their own gain, and it will not help anyone else, and it will hurt others.