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Fraud or Nah
How can such a famous writer be accused a fraud? A person who is almost known by pretty much everyone is being accused of fraud and is basically a slap in the face to this famous writer. Shakespeare is a well-known writer for is extraordinary play but some believe that his plays could have been written by someone else. However based on evidence William Shakespeare most likely wrote his plays.
Some controversy may say that Oxford could have been the writer of these famous plays; however, most evidence proves that Shakespeare did write the plays. According to Joe Nickel, “Supreme court judges found in favor of Shakespeare … the Oxford case suffers from not having a single coherent theory of the case” (History.com Staff para 6). Due to the mass experience of the Supreme judges on how evidence will prove is someone is guilty or innocent, their voice has the most power if they say there is not enough evidence to prove him guilty. Therefore oxford did not write the plays as proven by the judges which means only one answer: Shakespeare did in fact write the plays. Also According to Alexa Stevenson “The most popular of the anti-stafordian theories is that the plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Earl of Oxford… Oxford died in 1604, and significant evidence indicates that some of Shakespeare’s work was produced years later”(Alexa Stvenson para 5). Why would someone, like Shakespeare, wait so many years to produce the plays if they already had them? The most logical opinion would be to produce the plays as soon as they got them. Shakespeare produced his plays way after Earl died to only make his innocence that much more. Shakespeare cases have been proved over and over again that there is not enough evidence to sa...

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Mabillard, Amanda. "Horatio." Shakespeare's Education and Childhood. N.p., 12 Nov. 2000. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. .
Nickell, Joe. "Did Shakespeare Write His Plays?”William Shakespeare Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. .
Stevenson, Alexa. "Probing Question: Did Shakespeare Really Write All Those Plays?" Probing Question: Did Shakespeare Really Write All Those Plays? N.p., 1 Dec. 2008. Web. 29
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