Why Do Shakespeare Exist?

William Shakespeare was an English poet who is considered to be the greatest dramatist of all time. During the 1500s and early 1600s in the United Kingdom, Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets.
However, for nearly two centuries people have been questioning the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays. Oddly enough, the first time anyone suggested Shakespeare might not be the author of his work was a joke. In 1848, a Lutheran scholar named Samuel Schmucker compared academic efforts to cast doubt upon the existence of Jesus Christ to someone arguing that Shakespeare never existed. (wonderopolis.org) Those remarks sparked many questions about the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays. Over 70 people have been suggested to be the true author of Shakespeare’s works. Delia Bacon, a
During the time of Shakespeare's plays many works were published anonymously. Due to that fact, the supports argue why someone would claim to be Shakespeare rather than publishing their works anonymously. The Shakespeare supports also mention Shakespeare’s status as a well-known playwright and actor during his time. Supposedly other writers left reviews of Shakespeare's works and mentioned him by name. One of those people was Francis Meres. Meres named Shakespeare as the author of twelve plays- including four that were never published. It is also said that Meres told his friends about Shakespeare eleven years before the publication of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. The works of William Shakespeare have been admired for centuries. However, in 1848 the authorship of Shakespeare’s play began to be questioned. As of now there have been over 70 people named as potential writers of the Shakespeare plays. Despite these allegations, there are still supports who strongly believe William Shakespeare is the true author of his plays. Without any conclusive evidence we will never know if William Shakespeare is who he claims to