FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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were
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were not
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -All anti-Stratfordians base their argument on the impossibility of “the man from Stratford” writing the plays due to his lack of education, his anonymity and his supposed limited knowledge of the law, the battlefield and the court.
Detailed explanation-2: -Anti-Stratfordians-a collective term for adherents of the various alternative-authorship theories-believe that Shakespeare of Stratford was a front to shield the identity of the real author or authors, who for some reason-usually social rank, state security, or gender-did not want or could not accept public credit.
Detailed explanation-3: -For centuries, Shakespeare skeptics have doubted the authorship of the Stratfordian Bard’s literary corpus, proffering no fewer than 50 alternative candidates, including Francis Bacon, Queen Elizabeth I, Christopher Marlowe and the leading contender among the “anti-Stratfordians, ” Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford.
Detailed explanation-4: -Essayist Francis Bacon and playwright Christopher Marlowe may have their supporters, but for the last 90 years the favored candidate has been Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford.
Detailed explanation-5: -Oxfordians-The oxfordian theory of authorship suggest that the plays attributed to William Shakespeare were actually written by Edward De Vere the earl of oxford. Stratfordians-A person who, in the controversy over who wrote William Shakespeare’s plays holds that it was shakespeare himself.