Tuesday, March 27, 2012

￶Could Shakespeare have written all of his works by himself￵￷?

This question is a question of common debate. Some people believe that Shakespeare wrote everything that his name has been attached to, while other people believe that there is no way a non-aristocrat with that simple of an education could have written the way that he did or as much as he did. It has been suggested that Queen Elizabeth, Sir Francis Bacon, and/or Edward de Vere are the real authors of Shakespearean works. However, there is no definitive proof that they did.

In the century since these claims were first advanced, no decisive evidence has been unearthed proving that the plays were produced by anyone but the man from Stratford-upon-Avon, a man equipped with a very good "grammar-school" education and the experience gained working in a professional theater company in London.

Shakespeare wrote a total of 884,647 words. Most sources state that Shakespeare first published a work in 1590. His last published work was likely finished in 1613 or 1614. That means Shakespeare was writing for 23 years. That means he would have needed to write an average of 38,463 words per year. That comes out to be about 105 words per day. Shakespeare likely did not write every single day. If you count by week, Shakespeare averaged about 740 words per week. That is the equivalent of a three-page high school paper every week. That is absolutely possible. Regarding the question, yes, Shakespeare could have physically written all of those words himself over the course of his writing career. Until definitive evidence is provided that shows he did not, I will continue to believe that Shakespeare was simply a prolific writer.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/timeline.html

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