Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Fantomina has a moralizing intention, it tries to teach readers some moral lessons. Explain your answer with 2 examples and discussion.

Fantomina is a story of a young lady from an aristocratic family who is attracted to a man by the name Beauplaisir. After watching various men flirt with a prostitute in a London playhouse, the protagonist decides to be adventurous and disguises herself as one too. It is during her disguise that she encounters Beauplaisir and engages in sexual activity with him. What began as a disguise for fun by the protagonist turns into a routine as she is compelled to disguise herself from time to time so that she can have sex with Beauplaisir. She disguises herself into four different women including Fantomina, Celia, Mrs. Bloomer, and Incognita. Whenever Beauplaisir would show disinterest in the protagonist, she would disguise herself as a different person and have sex with him. Despite the protagonist doing everything possible to keep her actions hidden from the public and her family, she eventually ends up getting pregnant and her story is revealed to her mother.
It is right to say that the story of Fantomina has a moralizing intention, and it tries to teach the readers some moral lessons. The first moral lesson that readers get from the story is that actions have consequences. In this case, the author wants the readers to learn that immoral actions are often followed by shameful and unattractive results. This was the case for Fantomina who ended up getting pregnant as a result of her immorality, which compelled her to disguise herself into four different women. She was always careful to ensure that she covered her tracks so that her heinous acts would not be known to the public or her family. However, her immoral actions were exposed when she became pregnant and had to explain everything to her mother.
The story of Fantomina also beckons the readers to be truthful, and not to tell lies as Fantomina did. This is the second moral lesson that readers get from the story. The author wants the readers to understand that the cost of lying could be much higher than telling the truth. Fantomina chose to live a lie and to disguise her identity from Beauplaisir. This meant that whenever Beauplaisir seemed not interested with her, she had to disguise herself into a different person so as to get his attention. In the process she had to do all sorts of things including traveling to Bath, working as a maid, and pretending to be a prostitute. However, in the long-run, her efforts prove futile as she ends up pregnant and has to narrate the whole story to her mother and Beauplaisir. This shows that despite striving so hard to keep her identity hidden from Beauplaisir, the truth eventually comes out. Therefore, it is right to state that Fantomina has a moralizing intention as it has several moral lessons for the readers.