Was William Shakespeare Justified?

"William Shakespeare" is a name that has been on everybody's lips for centuries and most likely centuries to come (revise). A man exceptionally skilled in many of the arts, Shakespeare could easily be considered one of the most influential European writers to ever exist, and his legacy continues to spread across the world today. Fame, however, inevitably comes with its skeptics and critics. Some scholars not only question the legitimacy of Shakespeare's authorship, but the existence of the poet and playwright himself. Whether or not these claims can be justified has been hotly debated since the 19th century.
The arguments against William Shakespeare truly writing the list of works credited under his name are quite popular, but rarely taken
This time, he was Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. The theory was first presented in 1920 by J. Thomas Looney in his book Shakespeare Identified in Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Looney had ideas similar to that of Baconians and other anti-Stratfordians – that Shakespeare didn’t have the education he would have needed to be the true author. He suggested that Edward de Vere did, and that the plot holes in his life would fill in the plot holes in Shakespeare’s life. Besides the outrage of many Shakespeareans, others would take Looney’s outlook seriously, and his opinions are still respected by Oxfordian theorists today. They would all find it curious that de Vere was thought of as a patron of the arts when no play with his name on it survives.(Shakespeare Authorship 101) The biggest flaw in the overall theory is the fact that Edward de Vere died in 1604 while some of Shakespeare’s works continued to be published after that time. Oxfordians would mention that the chronology of Shakespeare’s works isn’t definitive, and even E.K Chambers, the leading Shakespearean chronologist, warns that even he isn’t absolutely certain of the
It’s possible that some day we will find undeniable proof that William Shakespeare was the man we think he was – just like it’s possible he wasn’t who we think he was. Regardless of the truth, Shakespeare left an impression on literature and in history that will never be forgotten. Even if the writer was Francis Bacon, Edward de Vere, multiple people working under a pseudonym, or simply a Stratfordian man with a passion for the arts, it’s interesting to think of how life might be without Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet in our lives. Perhaps, in the end, Shakespeare’s “real” identity is less significant than the works so many have come to