Essay In Search Of Shakespeare

In Search of Shakespeare

"To be or not to be, that is the question."(Shakespeare) This memorable excerpt from Hamlet is one of the innumerable manifestations expressing Shakespeare's reflective understanding of the human state that has transcended centuries. Shakespeare’s mastery of vocabulary and his capability to articulate the mind's ins and outs with the utmost refinement, complexity, and passion has contributed to his winning of a legacy of genius. Behind his masterpieces however lies a mystifying void of major sources with reference to his personal life and communal involvement in Elizabethan England's literacy culture. This deficiency of documentation raises notion in the minds of many Shakespearean scholars and historians, leading to a subject matter concerning the authorship of the plays.

A number of candidates have been accused as the accountable authors: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, whose well-known experiences at court would have permitted him to use the plays as an expression of the follies and achievements of English Renaissance culture. Also, Christopher Marlowe has had his share of fingers pointed, especially after his mysterious bar brawl that lead to his “untimely death” right before his court case was held. The victory of Shakespeare is his fruitful legendary intellect uttered within the most well-known works of literature; on the other hand, the authorship debate illuminates a calamity for historians, scholars, and actors who wish to advance their observation of the author and his workings beyond the undying words to find out their historical insinuation.

Shakespeare became England’s foremost writer practically overnight, when he was merely an unknown actor. He resided in England throughout the peri...

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...at are at an inconsistency. Anti-Stratfordians dispute that there are as innumerable as 12 divergent accounts of Shakespeare's misspelling his name, or adding spaces or hyphens in odd places. These signatures not only question Shakespeare's literacy but also rouse uncertainty as to if ever the same man signed each and every one of them. Anti-Stratfordians dispute that the Shakespeare authorship subject matter has a less to do with verifying the illiteracy of William Shakespeare from Stratford-Upon-Avon and more to do with proving that a figure of men could have used Shakespeare's name as a pseudonym. Another disagreement is that one other man used Shakespeare's name, but he couldn't keep in mind how he had spelled it on earlier manuscripts.

Conspiracy Theorist argue That the possible anonymous authors are Edward De Vere, Christopher Marlowe, and Sir Francis Bacon.