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Did Shakespeare write his plays? - Natalya St. Clair and Aaron Williams

Did Shakespeare write his plays? - Natalya St. Clair and Aaron Williams

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Some people question whether Shakespeare really wrote the works that bear his name or whether he even existed at all. Could it be true that the greatest writer in the English language was as fictional as his plays? Natalya St. Clair and Aaron Williams show how a linguistic tool called stylometry might shed light on the answer. Lesson by Natalya St. Clair and Aaron Williams Bradley: This video is entertaining but it misses the point of the Shakespeare authorship controversy. Shake - speare (the name he used to sign his works) was the pseudonym of one author who chose to remain anonymous. Many scholars who have researched this mystery have concluded the author's actual identity was Edward de Vere, the 17th Earle of Oxford.
Date: 2020-08-22

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What a lot of bollocks. so, writing we have in Shaxspare's hand? None. : no letters, no plays, no sonnets, nothing except six distinct signatures with different spellings of his name. How many people called Shaxspare a playwright? No one. How many times did he call himself a playwright? Never. How much money was he paid for writing plays? Nothing. How many times did he travel abroad? Never. How many people from London came to his funeral in Stratford? No one. How many people from Stratford apart from his family came to his funeral? No one. How many books did he leave in his will? None. How many times is he mentioned as a playwright in his will? Never. How many plays or sonnets did he leave in his will? None. When did people first start called William Shaxspare a playwright? Seven years after his death. SHAKE-SPEARE was a brand name much like Disney. It suited playwrights and poets who were noble born to use the brand to avoid imprisonment, torture or even death. Please let's start to grow up (stop going to Stratford) and re-examine Elizabethan society for what it was: A brutal military state in which ideas were dangerous and could cost you your life. The higher up in society you were, the more dangerous it was.
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A lot of Stephen King's fiction is set in Maine. Dostoevsky wrote about Russia, and Ohio appears prominently in several of Toni Morrison's novels, because the greatest artists draw from their own worlds to transform profound experiences into broader canvasses of symbolism, allusion and metaphor. Those specific indicators can then be interpreted and appreciated universally, even from those who've never stepped foot in Maine, Russia or Ohio. Likewise, the vast content and detail of Shake-Spear's plays and sonnets also speak to our common sense, as well as our love of fine art. The author of those plays and sonnets undoubtedly used HIS OWN EXPERIENCES as foundation, inspiration and inception of his creative vision.
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Conspiracy theories aside, what Id really like to know is; where did all of this doubt come from in the first place? What are the earliest recorded instances of Shakespeares authorship being disputed? Did they appear in his own lifetime, or not until years or even centuries after his death? Do they have their origins in legitimate scholarship or fringe gossip? I think answering these questions would be far more interesting than debating something that - if this video is indeed reflective of mainstream opinion - has already been determined.
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Not a valid video because Shakespeares birth certificate is found and some of his crimes which made him A common horse thief who was eventually employed parking horses at sir Francis bacons Occult theater -so were back to sir Francis bacon. sir Francis obviously used identity theft. his theatres reputation was in opposition to current law at that Timetable
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Simple answer, no. Most were rewrights of other material i. e romules and luliet (Romeo and Juliet. Others get copies again i. e the lion king which is a copy of hamlet which is a probably a copy of something else. So it's a copy of a copy on a copy. #copyception
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Not a single piece of shakespeares writing exists yet he is the most prolific writer in history, not a letter, not a will not a single piece of correspondence not to mention that his plays were not written down till after his death.
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Shakespeare probably took notes and feedback from these supposed other writers. I mean its not outside the realm of possibility that Shakespeare asked Marlow for notes on certain works
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It's kinda sad how people don't believe that there are individuals capable of such greatness and all without money, power and nepotism
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