Authorship Controversy Project
Nya Lewis 12/03/15
The controversy
The Controversy is basically many people do not believe that Shakespeare is the true writer behind all the work with his on it. Shakespeare authorship controversy as it applies to Shakespeare, Edward De Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, and Christopher Marlowe. The Shakespeare authorship conspiracy theories are largely based on “lack of evidence”.
William Shakespeare
Was a poet and a play writer. He was born on April 23, 1564 and died April 23, 1616. He went to King's New School. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom and there he died.
Edward De Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford.
Was a poet. Was born April 12th, 1550. Died June 24th, 1604. He studied at Queen’s College, Cambridge in 1558, and from both Cambridge and Oxford universities. Was born in Hedingham Castle, England. And died in Hackney, London.
Christopher Marlowe
Was a poet and a play writer. Was born around February 26th 1564. Died May 30th 1593. He studied at King's School, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Born in Canterbury, England. And died in Deptford England.
Edvidence for "the real" Shakespeare
Edward De Vere died in 1604, before many of the plays were written: Macbeth, Coriolanus, The Tempest, and etc. So he possibly couldn't be the real Shakespeare. And Christopher died in 1593. The only one still alive was Shakespeare. Many believe that because Shakespeare had only one source of education he couldn't truly be the writer of all those writings.
Who is the real Shakespeare?
In my opinion I feel as though Shakespeare himself was the real Shakespeare. It's known that Shakespeare would tweak a few details in the plays if it made the scene better. Most of the plays were tragedies, which I believe may have came from the fact his son, Hamnet, died at a young age. He may have not written all of the things under that name, but I believe he wrote majority.