Shakespeare has been known as one of the greatest play writers to ever apply a quill to the pad however, what if his legacy was nothing but a smeared ink of a lie to us all. For decades the authenticity of this famous play write has been on the tip of the worlds tongue. Many names have come about as the real Shakespeare such as William Stanley, Francis Bacon, and the most famous Edward De Vere. Many books, movies and articles were made trying to justify the real Shakespeare. Decades later, the claims are still sparking high emotion among the literary community. I believe William Shakespeare is not the writer of the pieces because of his lack of education, lack of biographical history and lack of evidence proving he was the writer. At the
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His family, friends nor other authors came to his defense of being Shakespeare even after his death says Mark Griffith author of, “The Fourth Man”. Also, in “The Fourth Man” even Shakespeare’s children seemed as if they were illiterate, his daughter not even recognizing her own husband's handwriting at certain points. Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna married the late, great John Hall. This man wrote of the most intelligent and and brilliant achievements of people in town but never happened to mention his own father in law although he was one of his primary inheritors. Shakespeare’s will, which is one of the most analyzed documents ever, left no evidence of plays, poems or writings within it. Why would a man with such fame leave out his most famous accomplishments? Many of Shakespeare's writings occurred in late Italy. Most of the points and depictions from Italy were spot on and no records indicate that Shakespeare had ever even visited Italy. Traveling to foreign areas was dangerous and expensive and any chance of him ever leaving England are fair to none. According to Peter Wilson project director of the “Royal Shakespeare Company” “Shakespeare's biographers can find no evidence of him ever leaving England despite what E.K. Chambers describes as "much research has been devoted to a conjecture that he spent some time in Italy" A man with such knowledge of Italy had to be a man of riches but it seems that Shakespeare was not that wealthy to take heed to new
His family, friends nor other authors came to his defense of being Shakespeare even after his death says Mark Griffith author of, “The Fourth Man”. Also, in “The Fourth Man” even Shakespeare’s children seemed as if they were illiterate, his daughter not even recognizing her own husband's handwriting at certain points. Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna married the late, great John Hall. This man wrote of the most intelligent and and brilliant achievements of people in town but never happened to mention his own father in law although he was one of his primary inheritors. Shakespeare’s will, which is one of the most analyzed documents ever, left no evidence of plays, poems or writings within it. Why would a man with such fame leave out his most famous accomplishments? Many of Shakespeare's writings occurred in late Italy. Most of the points and depictions from Italy were spot on and no records indicate that Shakespeare had ever even visited Italy. Traveling to foreign areas was dangerous and expensive and any chance of him ever leaving England are fair to none. According to Peter Wilson project director of the “Royal Shakespeare Company” “Shakespeare's biographers can find no evidence of him ever leaving England despite what E.K. Chambers describes as "much research has been devoted to a conjecture that he spent some time in Italy" A man with such knowledge of Italy had to be a man of riches but it seems that Shakespeare was not that wealthy to take heed to new