Who is "Shakespeare"
By:Aaron Smith
The Controversy
The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument assuming that someone other than Shakespeare wrote the works he got credit for. This controversy emerged in the 19th century. All but a few Shakespeare scholars a literary historians consider it a conspiracy, therefore, claim it rebut.
If it wasn't written by Shakespeare then who ?
More than 80 authorship candidates have been proposed, but the most popular are Sir Francis Bacon, Edward de Vere, and Christopher Marlowe
Baconian theory
Sir Francis Bacon was a scientist, philosopher, courtier, diplomat, essayist, historian and successful politician.Bacon's reason for publishing under a pseudonym was said to be his need to secure his high office. The argument runs that, he intended to set up new instates of experimentation to gather the data to which his inductive method could be applied.
Oxfordian theory
The Oxfordian theory holds that Edward de Vere, wrote the works attributed to Shakespeare. The arguments rely heavily on biographical allusions; adherents find correspondences between incidents and circumstances in Edward's life and events in Shakespeare's plays.The case also relies on parallel;s of language, idiom, and thought between Shakespeare's poems and plays and Edward's own works
Marlovian theory
The Marlovian theory holds that the Elizabethan poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe did not die in Deptford on May 30, 1593, but that the records were faked and that he was the real author behind the poems and plays of Shakespeare.He not only also graduated from a University, but he had the the same vocabulary, rate and pace of tempo.
Conclusion
If we have been teaching that Shakespeare wrote his works why would we attempt to change it now ? All of the theories postulate some type of conspiracy that protected the "author's" true identity, but what explains why there is no physical evidence supporting these claims. Just because they were held to a higher social status and attended college does not mean they should even be considered as writing Shakespeare's works.