Was Shakespeare Real or Not
Who is the man behind the mask? That is a question that many have asked. The mask that I am referring to is that of William Shakespeare. The authorship question has been pondered since the 1780s, when the Reverend James Wilmot spent four wasted years trying to link Shakespeare to the works attributed to him. Many potential candidates along with several completely random names have been proposed as the “real” author of the plays and sonnets we relate to William Shakespeare. Several leading candidates include the Earl of Oxford, the Earl of Southampton, Francis Bacon, and a few others have been suggested, although less of a thought has been given to them. One idea suggests that the name Shakespeare was really the hyphenated pseudonym "William Shake-speare.” A popular belief is that Shake-speare is in reference to Athena, who had the nickname Spear Shaker. This also leads to the pseudonym idea because one of Athena’s powers was that she could be invisible. Others have also pointed out that the spear could serve also as a dual purpose. The spear is also another way to describe a pen. So, what better pen name in a time when writers were highly criticized then the invisible Spear Shaker or Shak
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Approximate Word count = 1889
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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