... French Histoires Tragiques; the French dialogue contained in Henry V; Othello, which was based on the 3 Italian Hecatommithi; and both The Rape of Lucrece and The Comedy of Errors had not been translated into English at this point in time (50). The works also depict an author who was knowledgeable in both ... . Oxford's education is more than substantial for the author of Shakespeare's works and there is no doubt that he had access to the literary elements necessary to write the works. De Vere became the Earl of Oxford in 1562, at the young age of 12, when his father died (53). For eight...

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