Theories That Contradict The Authenticity Of William Shakespeare

Shakespeare was a writer of many plays like Romeo and Juliet, or Hamlet but, some people believe that he did not write his plays. In some of the sources they would explain that shakespeare couldn't have wrote the plays. The others sources say otherwise, they say that he could easily imagine how it would be like to be rich and their for him being able to write the plays. From all the evidence that the sources gave, Shakespeare did not or could not write his plays because he was not educated well enough to be able to write the plays with such sophisticated language another reason that Shakespeare was not the writer there's not enough evidence such as copies of the plays.

One cannot write thirty-six plays, one hundred and fifty-four sonnets and two long narrative poems if they were ordinary. But unbelievably, William Shakespeare did just that from 1564 – 1616. People have questioning how Shakespeare achieved writing such great pieces of literature, when the behind the scenes story does not add up. There are no records to prove he wrote anything and there is proof someone else did what he took credit for. In my opinion, Macbeth and Titus Andronicus, two of Shakespeare’s plays are strong examples of pieces of literature that was not actually created by Shakespeare. I believe William Shakespeare, the man with

In 1564, a man was born by the name of William Shakespeare. He was born to a poor family, was given little education, and had no interaction with sophisticated society. Thirty-eight plays and over 150 sonnets are not attributed to this ignorant man. Those who believe that Shakespeare was the author have no definitive proof but instead point to Hamlet’s declaration: "The play’s the thing(Satchell 71)." The true author, however, lies hidden behind he name of Shakespeare. Edward de Vere the premier Earl of Oxford is not only considered a great poet in history, but he may also be the great playwright who concocted the sonnets and plays which are now attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford, England.

To understand whether or not Edward de Vere was William Shakespeare, I must first describe the life of Edward de Vere and the life of William Shakespeare. Edward de Vere was the 17th Earl of Oxford and can sometimes be known as Oxford. It is know that he was born April 12, 1550 at Castle Hedingham (the family’s ancestral) and died June 24, 1660. John de Vere his father was Lord Great Chamberlain died in 1562. His mother was Margaret Golding. After John de Vere’s death Margaret married Charles Tyrell and seem to have passed out of Oxford’s life for unknown reasons. John de Vere and Margaret Golding also had a girl named Mary who went to live with her mom and step dad. With both of his parents out of his life,

One of the most argued cases in history is whether or not William Shakespeare was the one to write his own plays, or if he had someone else write them for him. There are numerous amounts of arguments agreeing that Shakespeare wrote his plays, and then there are numerous amounts disagreeing with his penmanship of “his” plays. According to some sources, Shakespeare was an impractical choice to write such famous works of art due to his lack of traveling, and his lack of education (Hechinge). These theories come into play when explaining that Shakespeare was, indeed, a fraud.

While the ideas of the true identity of Shakespeare have differed over the years in an almost trend-like fashion, a very popular idea has surfaced over the last century. The most prolific debate today is between the Stratfordians, or those who claim Shakespeare to be the true author, and the Oxfordians, those who claim Edward DeVere, Earl of Oxford, to be the true author.

William Shakespeare, the renowned poet credited with writing 37 plays and 154 sonnets symbolizes brilliance in literature. The playwright's legendary plots and characters along with his portrayal of love proves him to be one of the greatest poet of all time. Despite the authors profound successes, the authenticity of Shakespeare's writing is a mysterious conspiracy. A missing paper trail, similarities found in works of Shakespeare’s and his contemporaries, and an unsettling exhibit question the Bard’s credibility. There remains an ongoing debate between Shakespeare’s devoted admirers and anti-Stratfordians, who unambiguously believe Shakespeare is a fraud due to lack of documentation, similarities between Shakespeare’s works and his enemies,

The Shakespeare conspiracy is pertaining to the fact that Shakespeare did not write his famous poems, plays and sonnets; claiming he simply used someone else's work and labeled it in his own name. Theorists state that the plays contained too much knowledge of foreign and distant places and too much familiarity with court life and the affairs of court. They stated that Shakespeare was someone so far down in the social class that he couldn’t have acquired this knowledge. The various works of Shakespeare contain information showing the amount of familiarity the author has with such modernized sports including tennis and bowling. Theorists also claim that the plays have too wide a range of style to have been written by someone without an advanced

To start from the beginning of the controversy, the earliest actual documentation of such findings began in 1785 by an oxford scholar named James Wilmot. It was here that when James came up “empty-handed” of any evidence of Shakespeare’s plays did he come to the conclusion that it had to have been someone else and that someone was Sir Francis Bacon. James however never reported anything and on his deathbed actually destroyed his writings, but not before telling a fellow scholar, James Corton Cowell, his findings. Cowell would leave and make a presentation to the Ipswich Philosophic Society, and so began the greatest mystery of whether William Shakespeare was a famous playwright or a fraud taking credit for the work of someone else.

Shakespeare was one of the most famous people known to literature. He made thirty-eight plays in his lifetime. Being as famous has he was, there was some controversy. Some controversy that a person may believe involving Shakespeare is the authorship conspiracy. Some people believe that there were other authors thats wrote parts of Shakespeare's plays. According to The Telegraph, Edward de Vere wrote poetry similar to Shakespeare's. Some believe that there is references from de Vere in some of the scripts written by Shakespeare. This theory was put forward in the film Anonymous. Another example of controversy that some people believe in is that there are similarities between Sir Francis Bacon and Shakespeare's plays. This theory that was put

Because of Delia’s assumptions, there were many people that started to believe that William Shakespeare did not write his own work, such as Christopher Marlowe, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Rutland, the Earl of Oxford, and even Queen Elizabeth I (Mabillard). People believed that Shakespeare wasn’t real. They say that there was no evidence to show that a real person named William Shakespeare wrote the poems and plays Shakespeare became an actor in the company that produced the plays (Mabillard). There were no documents found to support Delia’s accusation about William Shakespeare’s work being written by someone else (Mabillard). There is also no evidence that said that the name used by this man who crafted the plays, sonnets, and poems was an alias (Mabillard). They looked into the lives of other author’s and playwrights and there was nothing to associate their works with Shakespeare’s work (Mabillard). The question about if Shakespeare is a real person, and if he wrote his own work still remains questionable today. That question may never be answered.

Shakespeare was a playwright from Stratford who had arguably the most influential affect on English literature and the English language. His works are still praised to this day for their divine superiority, however, controversy in exceeding amounts has risen over the dispute of his authorship. This controversy has been the topic of many arguments between differently opinionated scholars who support opposing theories and beliefs (Friedman XV). "A difficult dilemma confronts biographers who tell the story of the glove maker's son from Stratford-on-Avon who is supposed to have become the world's greatest poet and dramatist" (Whalen 3). It may seem odd that this confusion and doubt had come to light in the first place, as the origin of

For many centuries, there has been a controversy over whether or not Shakespeare wrote his plays himself or whether another author wrote the works and gave him the credit. Shakespeare (1564-1616) is recorded to have written 37 plays and 154 sonnets, but the authorship of Shakespeare’s work has been disputed. There is valid reason to believe that Francis Bacon is the genuine author behind Shakespeare’s name. Bacon’s similar high status, numerous travels, and the Baconian theory are valuable reasons that give evidence to Bacon possibly being the author.

Firstly, the actor William Shakespeare, who is the supposed author of Shakespeare’s works, could not have written them. He had no formal education after thirteen, was from a small provincial town, was a professional actor, had two daughters who were illiterate, didn’t mention any of his works in his will, and whose only surviving handwriting is six signatures on legal documents (Rubenstein 69). Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest authors in history, and without a formal education the intricacy of his work would be impossible. It should also be put in consideration that many of Shakespeare’s works were not only published but edited after his death. From the publication of “The Taming of the Shrew” in 1594 to the publication of the First Folio in 1623, 4,936 new lines were added to the plays, a majority of which were added posthumously (sirbacon). This in itself is evidence enough to disprove Shakespeare entirely.

For centuries scholars have been examining the question whether William Shakespeare wrote all the work that has been credited to him. In his short 52 years of life, he is said to have authored 154 sonnets, two epic poems, and 38 five-act plays. Following the death of Shakespeare, many scholars began researching information that may have proven why Shakespeare could not have been the primary author or the author at all for many of these works. Four theories as to why Shakespeare could not have written all the work that has been credited to him include: his limited education as an individual of common birth; the shear difficulty and near impossibility for one individual to write so many varied pieces, not