Did Shakespeare Write His Plays

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Shakespeare Did Write His Plays How could such a marvelous person like Shakespeare be called a fraud, how could that make any sense? Many people known about Shakespeare and how well known he was in writing his famous plays. There is evidence to show whether or not that Shakespeare even wrote the plays. However based on theories, there are many reasons why only Shakespeare could write the plays that he supposable did not write. Consequently, some conserves say that the Earl of Oxford would be more suited for making the plays that Shakespeare wrote. According to Joe Nickels “In 1987 a moot-court debate on the Oxford-Versus-Shakespeare controversy was held at the American University. It was presided by three U.S. Supreme Court Justices… Stevens pointedly concluded the ‘the Oxdordian case suffers from not having a single, coherent theory of the case’ (qtd. In Bethell 1991, 47)” (Nickells sec 4). This means that the Supreme Court Justices did not support the theory of the Oxdordian, and would not support the theory that the Earl of Oxford could make Shakespeare’s plays. This helps to understand why the Earl of Oxford could not have made Shakespeare’s outstanding play. With all the evidence that is presented there would be no doubt that only Shakespeare could write the plays. In addition to Joe Nickells, Alexa Stevenson quotes “The most popular answer of the anti-Stratford theories are that the plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by the Earl of Oxford … Oxford died in 1604, and significant evidence indicates that some of Shakespeare’s work was produced years later” (Stevenson para 5). This explains why Earl of Oxford could not write Shakespeare’s plays, because he was dead when more were written. This shows conserves that Oxfo... ... middle of paper ... ..._shakespeare_much_ado_about_nothing/>. History.com Staff. "William Shakespeare." History.com A&E Television Networks, 2011. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. . Nickell, Joe. “Did Shakespeare write “Shakespeare”? Much Ado About Nothing”. –CSL N.p. n.d Wed. 28 Apr. 2014 http://www.csicop.org/si/show/did_shakespeare_write_shakespeare_much_ado_about_nothing/>. Stevenson, Alexa. “Probing Question: Did Shakespeare Really Write All Those Plays?” News. N.p. 1 Dec. 2008. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. . Wheeler, Kip L. “Did Shakespeare Really Write Shakespeare?” Http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/shake_did_Write_plays.html. N.p. 14 Mar. 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. .

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