https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr Made with big dreams en-us 2017-05-10 15:51:35 UTC 2025-11-02 12:40:09 UTC hello@padlet.com carley_baker https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171047855 Did William Shakespeare really write all of his plays and sonnets credited to him? Well there a multiple theories as to who wrote them. Edward de Vere is a very logical candidate to have written the plays and sonnets.]]> 2017-05-10 15:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171047855 carley_baker https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171049697 Edward de Vere was another famous playwright of that time. His early work seems to be very similar to Shakespeare's and unlike any other poets of the time period. Edward De Vere also had a nickname very similar to Shakespeare. He was nicknamed "Spear-shaker." So it makes a lot of sense to go undercover by the name Shakespeare to keep it similar, but not the same.]]> 2017-05-10 15:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171049697 carley_baker https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171051012 Another big argument is their knowledge and experience was very similar. Shakespeare wrote a lot about royal courts, Italy, and law, Oxfordians and Stratfordians say you must have a certain level of education to write about such things. De Vere fits right in considering he graduated from Cambridge University at 14, and became master of the arts at 16. Also Edward De Vere is known to have traveled to Venice in the 1570s, putting him in the perfect position to write about Venice in plays such as The Merchant of Venice and Othello. ]]> 2017-05-10 16:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171051012 carley_baker https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171052506 There is also some major similarities between De Vere's life and the character Hamlets life. So much as to lead some people to believe it is almost an autobiography about his life. Notably Polonius' line of "young men falling out at tennis" is believed to refer to De Vere's notorious tennis court squabble with Sidney. Edward's father-in-law, William Cecil, Lord Burghley seems to have parodied him and the only person able to do this convincingly, is Edward De Vere.]]> 2017-05-10 16:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171052506 carley_baker https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171059218 The only thing is Edward De Vere died in 1604, this was before 12 of the plays were written. Although this is a problem, Sir Edmund K. Chambers agrees that the dating of Shakespeare's plays is sketchy at best. There is still too much evidence that points to Edward De Vere writing Shakespeare plays and sonnets. He may have not wrote them all, but he certainly wrote some of the famous plays and sonnets credited to Shakespeare.]]> 2017-05-10 16:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171059218 carley_baker https://padlet.com/carley_baker/536k5oqu6qgr/wish/171060375 http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/authorship/authorship_de_vere.htm
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