Research Parer Idea

For my paper I've been thinking about exploring the moral perspective and code of the antagonists and protagonists to see if their actions are justified or not and if they really deserve the title of 'hero' or 'villain'. We might view the actions of the antagonist as bad but if we saw the protagonist doing the same action, we might think it justified or excusable. Justice can be a matter of perspective and I'd like to study the motivations and fates of Shakespeare's main characters to figure out if the 'good' are really good, and the 'bad' are really bad. I'll be studying the play Measure For Measure, which should provide very good examples and subjects for this topic as it involves corrupt judges, charismatic pimps, and hypocrisy abound.