Shakespeare

             When you read the famous words from the works that are credited to William Shakespeare of Stratford, one would almost think that Shakespeare couldn't have written
             Shakespeare's words, for the reason that the man who wrote them was endlessly familiar with the laws, and the law-courts, and law-proceedings, and lawyer-talk, and lawyer-ways. And if Shakespeare was possessed with the limitless knowledge that constituted this great wealth, the question that remains to be answered is how, when and where did he acquire such information?
             Many books have been written and discussed arguing that someone other than William Shakespeare wrote the plays and poems published under his name. Many of these intelligent scholars believe that person to be Edward DeVere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford. The battle of this famous authorship question continues between two opposing sides. One on side, there are the Stratfordians that rely solely upon speculation due to their inability to produce any historical facts to support their refusal to accept that Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon was not the author of the works traditionally attributed to him. And the other side, the Oxfordians, that claim their evidence that proves DeVere is the author, is suppressed and kept from the general public due to the great establishments credited to William Shakespeare of Stratford. Stratfordians are putting forth a great effort to convince the public that they know that Shakespeare wrote the plays. They believe this to be so because Shakespeare's name appears as the author of the plays, he was an actor in the company, and he was also a player and a globe sharer. But what the Stratfordians refuse to accept, is that there is overwhelming and astounding proof that William Shakespeare could not have written such outstanding works.
             There are many reasons for the doubts about the authorship of the writings credited to William Shakespeare. Nothing about him can be proven t...

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