Is Lying Right or Wrong?

Lying is something that people automatically think is bad. And yet everyone lies. Not all lies are bad though. Though they are never really good you can not say that it was bad to tell them. One example of this is one Christmas when my sister and I were really young. My sister was making a small hat out of red and yellow thread. I was fascinated by it. I couldn't wait for her to finish it. One day I noticed that it wasn't around anymore so I asked her where it was and why she wasn't working on it. She said that she had finished it and that she had it in her sock drawer. I asked her if I could see it and she said no. I got really upset and tried to look through her drawer but my mom wouldn't let me. On Christmas when I opened my present form my sister there was the little hat. I was so happy. She had never put the hat in her drawer she had wrapped it and put it under the tree. In that case the lie was not bad. It was a small lie so that I would be surprised on Christmas.

Sometimes lies are bad though like Don John's lies in Much Ado About Nothing. He lies for the sole purpose of causing trouble. The first time he lies to cause trouble is when he tells Claudio that the Prince, Don Pedro, is not wooing Hero for Claudio but for himself. This Causes Claudio much grief and for a while it causes him to reset the Prince, his good friend. When lies are told for a selfish reason, or to cause pain to others, as in the case of Don John, they are bad. If they are told to keep a surprise or cause happiness, they are good.

Poems

She is Far from the Land
by Thomas Moore

She is far from the land, where her young hero sleeps,
And lovers are round her, sighing;
But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps,
For her heart in his grave is lying!

She sings the wild song of her dear native plains,
Every note which he lov'd awaking
Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains,
How the heart of the Minstrel is breaking!

He had lov'd for his love, for his country he died,
They were all that to life had entwin'd him,
Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried,
Nor long will his love stay behind him.

Oh! make her a grave, where the sun-beams rest,
When they promise a glorious morrow;
They'll shine o'er her sleep, like a smile from the West,
From her own lov'd Island of sorrow!

This is a poem of lost love. It tells of a beautiful woman who though she is now surrounded by other men is sad because of the death of her love. She is now far away from were her love was. She sings the songs from where she used to live that he liked to the other men. The other men do not understand her sorrow. At the end the poem says, “Nor long will his love stay behind him,” meaning that his love will die soon because she misses him (12). The last stanza talks about the girl’s grave. It says that she should be put in the sun so that she can be nearer the west where her love was.

I chose this poem because I found it very touching. The poem is sad because it is about a woman who has lost her love but at the same time it is happy because she will soon be put out of her misery. I also liked this poem because its message it that true love does not die. It talks of how even after she dies she should be buried where she is closer to the west because even in death she should be close to her true love. It also reminded me of other stories. It reminds me of one book that was a telling of Tam Line. The poem seems to be set out doors and seems to have a mystical feeling about it like perhaps if the story continued you might meat a fairy or a nymph like in the book