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Shakespeare Conspiracy Theory
Who was William Shakespeare?

It's 1604, you're at The Globe Theater watching a performance by William Shakespeare. As the play comes to a close everyone is on their feet cheering for this miraculous performance. Little did you know that this play write would be remembered throughout history, but what if the man who we believe to be Shakespeare is a fraud? Theories that Shakespeare was not the master mind behind all the works credited to his name started in the early 1900's. Some people have been captivated by the astounding concepts that have been written. The most believable theory is that Christopher Marlowe influenced Shakespeare, but that Marlowe and Edward De Vere co-wrote many of the plays and sonnets contributed to Shakespeare's name. Marlowe himself was considered one of the greatest writers in London at the time, next to Shakespeare of course. Scholars have argued that several of the early Shakespeare plays were originally written by Marlowe, but were later re-written by Shakespeare. Others have said that Shakespeare learned to write drama from attempting to imitate Marlowe's style. This is why the early work of Shakespeare is so similar to Marlowe's work. There are more than a hundred duplicate lines in the work of Shakespeare taken from previous writings of Marlowe. Algemon Charles Swinburne once said that “The father of English tragedy and the creator of English blank verse was therefore also the teacher and the guide of Shakespeare. He first, and he alone, guided Shakespeare into the right way of work.… Before him there was neither genuine blank verse, nor genuine tragedy in our language. After his arrival, the way was prepared; the paths were made straight, for Shakespeare.” Swinburne is referring to Marlowe when he says “The father of English tragedy and the creator of English blank verse.” Marlowe and Shakespeare have their differences in writing, but they are similar in many ways. They both worked at the same theaters and with the same

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