25025 Chrisanta Dr.
Mission Viejo, Ca 92691
24 March 2005
Mr. Krucli
25025 Chrisanta Cr
Mission Viejo, Ca 92691
Dear Mr. Krucli,
“To be, or not to be, that is the question…” These words were once long ago forever sealed in the minds and thoughts of all who read Shakespeare. The question, however, turns not whether of life or death, but to who wrote those famous words. Many people have made exhaustless arguments that someone other than the man we know to be Shakespeare, wrote Shakespeare. We believe that Shakespeare was indeed the author of the Shakespearian Cannon, and that other claims are based on logical fallacies and incorrect.
The main candidates for this issue of who wrote Shakespeare are William Shakespeare, and Marlowe. Marlowe has a very good argument but it has some fallacies. For instance, some of the evidence does not line up, creating an argument of ignorance. They evidence states that there was no way he could of written all of his plays and all of Shakespeare’s plays, this is an argument against ignorance because nobody can tell you how much you can or cannot write. The other candidate of who wrote Shakespeare is of course, Shakespeare himself. He has the argument going against him that all of Marlowe’s works were not even close to Shakespeare’s works and that Marlowe and Shakespeare had two completely different writing styles. We think that William Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare because his evidence supporting he wrote it is the most logical.
Edward De Vere could not have written Shakespeare because his writing style is nothing like Shakespeare’s writing style and he is not even as good of a writer as Shakespeare. De Vere’s sonnets are not at all close to Shakespeare’s because Shakespeare always wrote his sonnets in the same style and De Vere never wrote in the same style. It is also not possible for him to write Shakespeare because why would he want to make Shakespeare famous instead of himself. De Vere would want to get credit for his plays because why would not he want to be known as the greatest write that ever lived. De Vere also died about 12 years before Shakespeare wrote his last playwright. There is really no proof at all the De Vere could have written Shakespeare.
Christopher Marlowe was the closest candidate for being the writer of the Shakespearian Cannons. He did create genera’s like black comedy, and plays involving history, but that alone does not mean he wrote Shakespeare’s plays and anyone who does is using an argument of authority. Also Marlowe’s involvement as a secret agent for the British is said to have caused his death, which occurred in a bar in 1593. This supports the idea of Marlowe not being able to write his plays and Shakespeare’s. These facts make it easy to tell that Marlowe did not write the Shakespeare’s plays, and that Shakespeare did write his plays.
As you can see, Shakespeare is the most likely candidate to writing Shakespeare by default. His writing style is unique, the only similar style found in Marlow’s, which is still quite different. Shakespeare has many double entendres, many with sexual references and vulgar comments, which are lacking in the other, more royal and proper, candidates. Shakespeare’s works could only have been written by Shakespeare because they all fit one voice and style, which is attributed to no other person.
Thus it is quite clear that Shakespeare is indeed the true author of his Cannon, seeing as though many of the proofs saying he didn’t or others did contain to many logical fallacies.
Sincerely Yours,
Austin Turner Bryan Kane
Jeff Strickland Kevin Young
"A Beginner's Guide to the." Oxford Shakespeare Society. 22 May. 2004. Oxford University. 22 Mar. 2005
Alexander, Mark. Shakespeare Authorship Sourcebook. 1997. PayPal. 23 Mar. 2005
<http://www.sourcetext.com/sourcebook/>.
"Christopher Marlowe's Work." The
Marlowe Society. 25 Mar. 2005
<http://www.marlowe-society.org/work.htm>.
"How We Know Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare." The Shakespeare Authorship Page. 23 Apr. 1996. Steven Wonders. 22 Mar. 2005 <http://shakespeareauthorship.com/>.
"His Death at Deptford." The
Marlowe Society. 25 Mar. 2005
<http://www.marlowe-society.org/work.htm>.
"Marlowe's Education." The
Marlowe Society. 25 Mar. 2005
<http://www.marlowe-society.org/work.htm>.
"Marlowe in exile: the Sonnet's
Story." The Marlowe Society. 25 Mar. 2005
<http://www.marlowe-society.org/work.htm>.
"Marlowe's Life and Career." The
Marlowe Society. 25 Mar. 2005
<http://www.marlowe-society.org/work.htm>.
"The Government Agent." The Marlowe
Society. 25 Mar. 2005 <http://www.marlowe-society.org/work.htm>.