Was the man we know as Shakespeare really the author of
the "Shakespearean Works"? We know little about the man called
Shakespeare, Did he really write the plays, or is he just a man that
got confused within history? (Sobran 44) There is not even a
correct spelling of this mans name, Some of the spellings include
Shakspere, Shakespeare, And Shaxpere. Shakespeare, Is it the man, Or
Shakespeare is both fact and fiction, he was no concern until
nearly two hundred years after he perished, and there is still no
definite or probably will there ever be a conclusion to this
mystery. (Sobran 44) There is another man that can be attributed with
the works of "Shakespeare", His name is Edward DeVere, the 17th Earl
The man known as Shakespeare does not fit perfectly into the
necessary criteria to determine the author of these works. Thomas
Looney invented a series of criteria that had to be filled, in order
to be a possible candidate for the authorship of the Shakespearean
works. To have all the knowledge that is portrayed in the works, the
author must have accomplished many things. These including a superior
education, from what we know of "Shakespeare", this was not a
possibility.(Bethell 46) We do not even know if Shakespeare has ever
written anything in his life, Nor do we know that he was paid for
writing these works. The man Shakespeare does not even make a claim
that he is the author.(Bethell 50) He may not have been able to write
the simplest thing of all, His own name.(Hayes 1D)
Its not how little we know about Shakespeare that causes
confusion and difficulty, Its the things that we do know about this
man that cause the confusion and difficulty. We know Shakespears
father, a glover, could not write. When he signed documents, he simply
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