Is Shakespeare The True

To Be or Not to Be: Is Shakespeare the True Author? Before this project, I had always thought that Shakespeare was a real person, and the true author of all the works under the name. I only learned for the first time this year that there is even speculation that Shakespeare is not the true author. I was honestly really surprised because Shakespeare is such a well - known author. Going into this project, I had no idea which side I was on, mostly because I knew nothing about the Anti- Stratfordian argument. Since there are so many different theories about this topic, I was not completely sure where to start researching or which theories to research in depth. The first site I used was the “News” section of Penn State University’s website. I …show more content…
It was written by Keir Cutler on the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship website. This website is reliable because it is dedicated to Shakespeare and researching the topic of true authorship. First, Cutler says that there is no evidence to prove that William Shakespeare was a writer, only an actor. All there was was a few, almost illegible signatures on his plays and other works. Cutler also says that since Shakespeare didn’t get anything past grammar school education, that he should not have had such a vast vocabulary. The author also points out all the well-known people who are also Anti-Stratfordians such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and more. In Shakespeare’s will, there is not a single book, manuscript, play or anything that indicates he was a writer. Shakespeare’s works also had many different languages in them, and Cutler says that Shakespeare could not have known so many languages because he hardly ever left England and he did not have much education. There is also many other possible candidates, the most popular being Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon and Edward de Vere. In conclusion, Cutler believes that Shakespeare did not have enough education and experience to have been writing the way he