... their thought; but this man, in wide contrast." The entire reasoning behind William Shakspere's claim to the authorship is based upon inference and speculation. Because of the lack of evidence to give any one person the title of Shakespeare, there have been many theories indicating almost sixty candidates to the possible authorship, including Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, William Stanley, Queen Elizabeth I, and Edward ... are Hamlet, which was taken from the French Histoires Tragiques; the French dialogue contained in Henry V; Othello, which was based on the 3 Italian Hecatomm...

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