6th Earl Spencer

The Romantics were obsessed with the natural world. Nature to them acted as a spiritual spring, an eternal source of inspiration from which they drew to motivate their writing. Likewise, Shelley’s Frankenstein shows a fascination of nature characteristic of the Romantic Era. However, Frankenstein’s secondary themes also include the progression of science and technology, as well as exploration and discovery. Shelly unites these two themes with the concept of awe. As Victor Frankenstein…

The Philosophy of Romanticism in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Science, and scientific ambition is a central theme that is explored in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Mary Shelley demonstrates through her story that scientific advancement often comes at a cost to both society and more specifically to the personal lives of those affected by scientific achievement. This can also be reflected in the time period that she lived in, and the rise of the ideology of romanticism. In the novel, Shelley uses…

In Shakespeare’s well-known play, Hamlet, the ghost of Hamlet’s father divulges, “But that I am forbid/To tell the secrets of my prison house/I could a tale unfold whose lightest word/Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood” (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, scene v). The people who would interpret this as a hyperbolic autobiography of “Shakespeare” are the same people who are convinced that “William Shakespeare” is a pseudonym. There are hundreds of different theories about who really…

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…

Would anyone ever think it was possible for such a well known author to be a fraud or in reality, be a completely different person? Christopher Marlowe is the true author of William Shakespeare’s plays and poems due to the fact that there is little evidence on the man from Stratford, Marlowe had a reason to fake his death, and the similarities of their work are uncanny. Considering all of the evidence presented, it seems to be highly unlikely that Shakespeare was capable of writing so many…

Mark Twain, a prolific American author, once stated, “So far as anybody actually knows and can prove, Shakespeare of Stratford-Upon-Avon never wrote a play in his life. So far as anybody knows and can prove, he never wrote a letter to anybody in his life...” There's a controversy over whether Shakespeare was a actor, a poet, and a playwright or just an actor. Stratfordians believe that William Shakespeare was an actor, poet, and a playwright. Oxfordians believe that William Shakespeare was only…

“I have nothing with this answer, Hamlet. These words are not mine,” for which the king would speak to his son in Act 3, Scene 2 of William Shakespeare’s longest written piece, Hamlet (Hamlet from Folger Digital Texts). As it would appear, among many a reputable scholar these words ring true pertaining to its author. The majority of those well-versed in Shakespearean history theorize that Shakespeare was not the true author of the literary works in his name. Evidence corroborating the claim…

Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. It seems that he was more likely to have written Shakespeare's work than William Shakespeare himself. As a noble, Edward de Vere was highly educated. He received degrees in the arts from Cambridge and Oxford Universities. He's known to have traveled extensively. At age 25, Edward had the opportunity to tour Europe, visiting Germany, France, and Italy. He's also documented to have been a poet and playwright. It has been implied that the Earl of Oxford…

I have always been interested in Shakespeare; however, not until now, did I start to wonder if all this famous literature I have been reading, had not been attributed to the person I’ve always thought it was? This project will help me identify important facts and theories to who the true author is of what we call “Shakespearean Works.” Starting off, I’ve always believed that William Shakespeare authored his works but I did not actually read any of his works before so this may change by the end…

possibilities. It’s a known possibility that the name “Shakespeare” might have been a penname or a group of writers that got grouped under one name. There are scholars and credible people who believe there is strong evidence that Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, was the author of these plays and poems. Despite two hundred years of scholarly attempts to establish the Stratford man's credentials, doubts about the author's identity refuse to go away. Although many people know of…