An Argument In Shakespeare's Work

An Argument In Shakespeare's Work

Therefore, Edward De Vere is a strong contender s an alternative writer to Shakespearean work.

Although Earl De Vere is the most likely candidate to have authored Shakespeare's work, there are other alternative possibilities such as Francis Bacon and a group of individual writers. Francis Bacon was a famous philosopher of this time period, who kept company and traveled with other well educated aristocrats. (bbcamerica.com) Bacon's travels as well as his social rank make him a notable contender as an alternate writer of Shakespearean plays. "As a leading figure of the English Renaissance, he certainly had the biography for it: educated at Cambridge, widely traveled, Bacon was a famous philosopher, one of the inventors of the scientific method, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...These believers cite important counter arguments supporting William Shakespeare as the true author. For instance, "No Elizabethan documents support the claim that Shakespeare's plays and poems were written by someone else, or that the actor Shakespeare was not the author Shakespeare." (shakespeare–online.com) Clearly, the evidence doubting Shakespeare's authorship has no clear backing emanating from the Elizabethan period when Shakespeare was alive rather it was a theory started well after Shakespeare's passing. A more specific counter argument concentrates on the number one alternate to William Shakespeare Edward De Vere 17th Earl of Oxford. In examining, the historical data, the dates do not support the theory that the Earl of Oxford wrote all of Shakespeare's work. "Oxford died in 1604, and significant evidence indicates that some of Shakespeare's work was produced years later. (For instance, The Tempest was influenced by a voyage to the Americas that did not occur until 1610)." (news.psu.edu). This is convincing evidence that the Earl of Oxford did not write all of Shakespeare since the Earl of Oxford's death predates many references seen in Shakespearean

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