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Shakespeare Authorship Question continues to garner interest around the globe, people of all professions, interests, and ages - from lawyers to school teachers - are questioning the authenticity of the William Shakespeare figure raised in Stratford upon Avon. For decades, researchers and scholars have tried various research methods and analyzed Shakespeare’s works countless times to find any secrets hidden within his words. Though the search has been extensive, they have found little…

William Shakespeare is widely recognized as the greatest influence in English literature. He was an English poet, actor and playwright. Shakespeare's extant work consists of many plays, sonnets and narrative poems. His plays are one of literature's greatest legacies, which are divided into many genres such as histories, tragedies and comedies. From famous tragedies like Macbeth and Richard III, there are many similarities as well as differences. These similarities and differences are shown in…

Shakespeare’s work is the most recited piece of literature other than the bible. He introduced many of the common words we use today. The play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, was a tragic love story. Taking place in Verona, Italy during the 1500’s, two people from families who were great enemies, quickly fall in love. Romeo and Juliet, the two people, face many obstacles that break their secret relationship and lead them to kill themselves. Fate is when something you cannot…

William Shakespeare that wrote during a time in which Catholicism was discouraged in England may have shown his support for the Catholic Church secretly through some specific characters in his plays. William Shakespeare uses members of the Franciscan Order, who at the time were most despised by protestant reformers, as characters in his plays to show support for the Catholic Church. Three of his plays, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado about Nothing, and Measure for Measure, feature prominent…

I believe that the most influential person in the last 100 years is Lin-Manuel Miranda. Lin was born on January 16, 1980. He is a writer and actor. He has written and starred in such musicals as 21 Chump Street, In the Heights, Bring it On, and (his most well known musical) Hamilton. I believe he is one of the most influential person because of his musicals, he's revered as the modern day Shakespeare, and his effect on the image of musicals. Reason #1; his musicals. His musical 21 Chump Street…

Is William Shakespeare a fraud? Everyone has heard of the playwright William Shakespeare, whose name is made famous because of his many literary works such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. Often considered to be one of the best playwrights in history, Shakespeare has been credited with authoring several famous plays, and is often regarded as a literary genius due to his writing style and vast vocabulary. But, what if Shakespeare is not the genuine writer of the plays of which he is…

For years there have been people saying that William Shakespeare, from Stratford- upon- Avon, is not the one who wrote all those plays and poems. Instead Oxfordian’s believe that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is the one who wrote some of most known plays and poems in English literature. There is enough evidence to support that Edward de Vere is the real Shakespeare. William Shakespeare,from Stratford-upon-Avon, was born in April of 1564. He was not the richest kid in town but he was able…

The first claim that Shakespeare may not have written the plays and sonnets came in 1785. These claims came forth by an Oxford scholar by the name of James Wilmot. Wilmot, who lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, began to search for local records that would’ve proved Shakespeare’s authorship, but came up empty handed. There were not many documents on Shakespeare back then since Shakespeare had lived in an age in which biographies were not common and other…

Shakespeare was baptized on April 23, 1564 in Holy Trinity Church. Because of the lack of birth records, this is the date we acknowledge as his birthday. He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon. William Shakespeare’s parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. William was the third child, having two older sisters Joan and Judith. There are not many records as to Shakespeare’s early life. According to scholars, Shakespeare may have attended the King’s New School. (William Shakespeare Biography). At…

Macbeth April 23, 1564 Macbeth was born, although no birth records existed. Holy Trinity Church records show that William Shakespeare was baptized at in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564, approximately three days after his birth. William was John Shakespeare and Mary Arden's third child. William had two sisters which were both older than him, Joan and Judith, and William also had three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard and Edmund. Before William's birth, John Williams dad became a…