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=__Christopher Marlowe__= Positive #1 According to the information that is current Marlowe did write Shakespeare's plays. There are many peices of evidence supporting that Marlowe wrote the plays. Some of the facts are " Sonnet 74", Marlowe faking his own death, he was known as a poet, and that he was born that same year as Shakespeare and went to school. The first peice of evidence, " Sonnet 74", is a great peice of evidence because in this sonnet there are two lines that support him. The first line is: "My spirit is thine, the better part of me." This means: My spirit, a better part of me, is yours. This support him because when he faked his own death he kept writing the plays and then sign then as William Shakespeare. That is why there are many different signatures for Shakespeare. Marlowe could sign off as himself because of faking his own death and since Shakespeare was not his real name he did not have a actual signature for that name. Therefor when he signed them they were all different. There is proof that Shakespeare and Marlowe were born the same year. There are records from the schools that prove he went to them. He went to the school, " King's School, Canterbury". He then went to " Cambridge" were he got a Bachelors degree in the arts. He then got a Masters degree. There is proof that Marlowe then moved to London and began writing. He was known as a writer at an early age. Marlowe also worked for the secret service part of his life. He put clues into the plays of Shakespeare. There are similarities between Shakespeare's plays and Marlowe's. Some of the plot lines for the plays were similar to others. In conclusion Marlowe did write Shakespeare's plays. As is shown above there is plenty of evidence supporting that Marlowe wrote the plays. Marlowe was the play write for Shakespeare. He took on the new identity of Shakespeare after his death. Negative #1 Based on evidence from reliable sources, it can be proven that Christopher Marlowe did not write the plays attributed to William Shakespeare. First off, there is evidence that William Shakespeare wrote the plays, and there is evidence that Marlowe did not. The controversy about who wrote the plays started one hundred years after William Shakespeare died, so Marlowe either stole them or was not involved with the plays at all. He was in the secret service, so he would not have had the time to write such ingenious plays like that. His honesty was questionable. He could have just lied about who wrote the plays and tried to take credit for them just so he could be famous. Marlowe might have even met Shakespeare in his lifetime. He could have just been jealous of all the fame that Shakespeare was getting, so he tried to say that he wrote the plays. Marlowe was known to be a conversational person. If he did in fact write the plays attributed to Shakespeare, he would have told everyone that he wrote them, based on the characteristics people said about him. A conversational person is likely to talk about all that he has done, and if he did not mention this in his lifetime, then he did not write the plays. Marlowe and Shakespeare lived at the same time, and he did not tell anyone about his writing because the controversy started one hundred years after they both had died. On the other hand, Edward de Vere could have written the plays attributed to Shakespeare. Edward had access to a large number of books. He could have easily written the plays because he read so many of the books and was familiar with the style of writing. He was known to be an author. There is actually evidence that he was a playwright. Edward actually put his name on the plays. This is a huge indication that he could have written the plays. His name did not just appear on the writing one day and because this he took credit for it, he actually put his name on the plays because he wrote them. He was sent to London to write plays, so he had to write them based on orders. He could have easily written them there. The plays attributed to Shakespeare actually mirror Edward’s life. The characters in the plays are eerily similar to Edward’s associates. This is no coincidence, he wrote about them on purpose. Marlowe died in 1593, making him only 29 years old when he died, far too early to author many of the famous plays and to appear before Queen Elizabeth and James I. He was very young, so he did not have the experience that an older writer would have had, such as Shakespeare. All the plays he supposedly wrote were published after his death. Stylistically, Marlowe has little in common with Shakespeare and so is a poor contender in the authorship debate. In conclusion, based on evidence, Christopher Marlowe did not write the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.

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Negative Christopher Marlowe #2 Based on evidence from reliable sources, it can be proven that Christopher Marlowe did not write the plays attributed to William Shakespeare. Marlowe may have even met Shakespeare in his lifetime, so he may have just been jealous and left hints that he wrote them. Plus there is no physical evidence that Marlowe wrote these plays. All that is known is that his life revolved around writing. The only possible inkling is that he had an appetite for men and some of these plays were written to males but that evidence is way to vague and could be anyone. Christopher Marlowe was known as an untrustworthy character. His honesty and integrity was questionable. He was also known to be talkative or spoke of things he should not have. If all were true characteristics of Marlowe he would have made it known that he had written these plays. Or if he even thought about it in his small lifetime he would have lied about it. He did not lie about it but he may have left us hints that he in fact did. Being the sneaky, shady character he is, it would not be put above him. Francis Bacon on the other hand lived a longer life and had the time and capabilities to write these plays. Having attended the Trinity College of Cambridge, Bacon was very capable for Shakespeare’s plays. Bacon was also very ill at a young age which probably caused him to be a little depressed and under the weather sometimes. This all could amount to the drastic turns in these plays and the hope and love involved. His career was in law, which would have required him to be able to read and write well. Also being a man of law could explain a lot of cases in the plays of why there is always the law expertise involved in plays such as Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet.. Bacon went through a time in his life when he was tried and proven guilty for taking a bribe as a judge. After losing his job he would have had time to write these plays which some involved bribery and corruption such as a few scenes in Merchant Of Venice. During this time of being off work was also the most active time in Shakespeare’s writing career. (1598-1606) He then found a job in 1607 when the writing ceased. There is no coincidence there. Marlowe was officially dead for the span of Shakespeare’s writing career. People do say he faked his death, but on the contrary he indeed did stab his own eye. With the medical technology back in his time would not have been able to treat it. It would have been infected and Christopher would most likely die. So being dead in 1593 only made him 29 years old. This would make him unable to write these spectacular plays. He would not have had the experience, skills, or maturity by that time to have possibly written these plays. In conclusion, based on evidence listed above it can be proven that Christopher Marlowe did not write the plays attributed to Shakespeare

Positive # 2 According to the information that is current, Marlowe did write Shakespeare's plays. There are many reasons why Christopher Marlowe was the actual Shakespeare. The first reason is that he was the first to use blank verse. Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter is when a poem has 10 beats per line. Evidence shows that Shakespeare used blank verse almost 2 years after Marlowe did. Christopher Marlowe's first play was "Tamburlaine the Great". It was performed in 1587. Marlowe's dramatic career was only to span six short years. In that time he wrote "The Jew of Malta", "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus", "The Queen of Carthage", "Edward II", and "The Massacre at Paris". His work ranged from tragedy to historical drama, but he also wrote popular poetry such as "Hero and Leander", and "The Passionate Shepherd". Marlowe's plays were enormously successful, thanks to the imposing stage presence of Edward Alleyn. He was unusually tall for the time, and the roles of Tamburlaine, Faustus, and Barabas were probably written especially for him. Marlowe was known to be an atheist which, at that time, was a crime. Marlowe is often alleged to have been a government spy. Historians, however, consider that his professed atheism, may have been no more than an excuse to further his work as a government spy. Marlowe attended Corpus Christi College in 1580 where he got his bachelor of arts degree.In 1587, Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, London, almost denied him of his masters degree because of his atheism. He was awarded his degree thanks to the Privy Council, who knew about his goverment spying for the queen and knew he used atheism to cover up his job. The second reson why Christopher Marlowe is the real Shakespeare is the they were both baptized within three months of each other, They are were also born the same year, 1564, except that Marlowe was born in Febuary of 1564, and Shakespeare was born in April of 1564. Marlowe was a very dark and mysterious man, but when reading most of his work it is very similar to Shakespeares and thats why it is easy to believe that Christopher Marlowe was the real Shakespeare.