William Shakespeare Research Paper

There are many controversies over whether or not William Shakespeare was the author of all of his works. Many people believe that Shakespeare is not the real author of his works because he does not have any personal historical records to prove he is who he said he was. One would believe Francis Bacon was the true author because he has every bit of documentation that leads to the belief in him being the real Shakespeare. The birth records of Shakespeare do not exist, leading to the conclusion that he does not exist. Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon England. From this point until 1594 when he became an important member of the Lord Chamberlain’s men company of theatrical play writes, his existence and personal

To this day Shakespeare’s personal history has remained a mystery. It was believed that he was born on April 23, 1564 what we call Shakespeare’s “birthday”. Shakespeare was the third child of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden and had two older sister, Joan and Judith and also had three younger brothers Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund. There are no documents regarding where young Shakespeare received his education but most say it was he more than likely attended Kings New School in Stratford. “It was in William Shakespeare's later period, after 1600, that he wrote the tragedies Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth”. (William Shakespeare biography, Biography.com editors)

The way Shakespeare wrote was he used conventional styles, elaborate metaphors, and rhetorical phrases that didn’t always align with the story’s plot or characters. Some of his well renowned plays that he allegedly wrote are Romeo and Juliet, Henry VI (volumes 1, 2 and 3) and Richard II. Shakespeare died on his birthday April 23, 1616. Most people thought his death was a hoax or a myth because church records show that he attended Trinity Church April 25,

The Baconian is Shakespearean authorship holds that Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher, essayist and scientist, wrote the plays which were publicly attributed to William Shakespeare. Bacon was the first alternative person that might have been the author of Shakespeare's plays. The theory was first presented in the mid-nineteenth century, based on the resemblance of the philosophical things found in Bacon’s writings and the works of Shakespeare. Later, people claimed to have found lawful and documentary allusions and codes in the plays and poems to prove the theory. Only a few are academic Shakespeare scholars who reject the arguments for Bacon authorship, as well as those for all other alternative