19th Century Shakespeare Authorship Theory

The nineteenth century Shakespearean authorship question proposes the theory that William Shakespeare the Stratford man, was essentially not the author of the well-known Shakespearean plays. This theory in attempts to provide an answer to the question: “If it was not Shakespeare, then who wrote the Shakespearean plays” gives the response of a plethora of different prospects, now most common Edward de Vere Earl of Oxford. This conspiracy however, produces far more questions than it offers answers. William Shakespeare the Stratford man is indeed the author of all the Shakespearean plays, this can be proven through history, reason, and the overarching idea that more evidence is against Edward de Vere being the author than evidence that advocates this theory.
Considering the fact that William Shakespeare lived more than five hundred centuries ago, during the Elizabethan Era, the fact that much of Shakespeare's life is left undocumented is not alarming. The absence of "proof" of authorship, certainly, is not proof that Shakespeare did not write the 37 composed plays and 154 sonnets, but rather that journals, or diaries have yet to be found. In fact, this reality further justifies Shakespeare's authorship, being that Shakespeare unlike Edward de Vere was a common man and “few letters or diaries of commoners from the Elizabethan era has …show more content…
This idea is what has leads to the misconstruction that the true author of Shakespeare was Edward de Vere. However, it is important to note Historians have credited Stratford Grammar School to being the institution Shakespeare received his education, scholars have pointed to signs that Shakespeare was inspired by and borrowed from numerous other canonical works he would have read during his time