FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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No one liked him
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He took credit for plays
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He was illiterate
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Just because
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the chief arguments of those who doubt his authorship is that Shakespeare lacked the education and experience to have produced such a wide-ranging body of work.
Detailed explanation-2: -There’s a number of other insults that get leveled at Shakespeare in the few sentences that Greene turns out. He accuses him of plagiarism, and he accuses him of bombast, of copying Christopher Marlowe’s style. We all know Marlowe as the author of Dr. Faustus, of Tamburlaine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare was criticized for mixing comedy and tragedy and failing to observe the unities of time and place prescribed by the rules of classical drama. Dryden and Johnson were among the critics claiming that he had corrupted the language with false wit, puns, and ambiguity.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare did not only earn money from his share of the theatre, but was also paid as an author. We know little about the Globe, but other theatres paid between 5 and 8 pounds at the beginning, which soon rose to 10 and 12 pounds for a manuscript.