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 * Why Marlowe is not Shakespeare**

Christopher Marlowe is one of the many candidates thought to be William Shakespeare with some evidence to back it up. This theory is highly unlikely and can be proven false. An example of this is that Christopher Marlowe was murdered before Shakespeare came onto the scene.

Marlowe was already a famous playwright at his time therefore there would be no reason for him to need to take up the name of William Shakespeare. There is also no evidence that Shakespeare was not Shakespeare in the first place. It seems that just recently there have been theories that Shakespeare is a different person, showing that there probably was not any suspicion when he was around.

It is known that Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway while Christopher Marlowe married Micaela Lujan. Also one fact about Shakespeare is that he had 8 children and 7 survive to adulthood while Marlowe only have 6 of his children survive to adulthood. How could these facts be so different if they are the same person?

One of the big reasons that Christopher Marlowe can not be Shakespeare is that Marlowe was reported to be killed on May 30, 1593 at the age of 29 after being stabbed. The fight was over paying a bill while Marlowe and his friends were at a tavern. He was killed by a fatal stab in the eye. Many people think that he could have just faked his own death but there is not a good chance that he would have gotten away with it.

This has shown that there are many reasons why Marlowe could not have been Shakespeare. He died before he could have written any of the Shakespeare plays. It is probably more realistic to think that they were rivals instead of being the same person. Marlowe was a great playwright therefore he probably had to compete with Shakespeare.

Bibliography http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2577206 http://kirjasto.sci.fi/marlowe.htm

981771 Period 4 Positive 1 ** Christopher Marlowe is William Shakespeare  ** William Shakespeare is remembered as one of the greatest writers to have ever lived, but was he really alive? Another man by the name of Christopher Marlowe is more likely to have written all the works accredited to William Shakespeare. Christopher Marlowe worked as a well known writer, and was accredited with many amazing pieces of literature. First of all Marlowe attended public school, and went to the University. This would normally be an overlooked piece of evidence, but it proves that he would have had the education providing him with the ability to write plays and poetry. He did most of his writing between 1585 and 1593, when he wrote his most famous work. He had the ability to write great plays, but his life was running into a roadblock. Marlowe had been involved in undercover government work, and therefore was wanted dead by several men. He knew that he had to some way get away from his old life, and the only way was to end it. This leads to the conspiracy of Marlowe's death. He was said to have been murdered in a bar, but did he actually die there? Marlowe knew he was a target by several hostile men, and he may have staged his own death in order to be free. He had many friends in high places, and these friends had the power to make Marlowe disappear for good. Marlowe was close with the queens Lord Treasurer, Lord Burghley. Lord Burghley was of high power and had helped Marlowe out before. A man under Burghley's control was said to have escorted a group of men across the river outside the location of Marlowe’s supposed death, and this group went right past Marlowe’s home town. Another piece of evidence to aid the theory of his staged death was the fact that the man who killed him, Ingram Frizer, was given a pardon by the queen. The queen back in thoes days wouldn't just give at a prardon at random, this is why this pardon is so significant. It suggests sometime of conspiracy. Another interesting fact is that a man had died a day before Marlowe named John Penry. John Penry was born one year priar to Marlowe, therefore looking the same age. There are no records of what happened to Penry's body, and therefore Penry’s body could have easily been used as Marlowe’s for the burial. Also Marlowe was said to have died by a stab to the face, therefore making him hard to recognize. The queens own coroner, William Danby, oddly took care of the death, and could have been ordered to say it was Marlowe's body. Another strong theory supporting Marlowe is that fact that Shakespeare burst onto the scene not a year after Marlowe’s death, and was better than any writer at the time. Marlowe is believed to have created the human named William Shakespeare. Shakespeare never had any records of schooling or anything besides birth. This suggests that Marlowe came up with it all. Marlowe couldn't stop writing, and continued his writings under the name of William Shakespeare. In conclusion there is an enormous amount of evidence pointing to the fact that Christopher Marlowe really was the magnificent William Shakespeare. Marlowe lives through his writing, and has created the worlds greatest writer, William Shakespeare.