Was the man we know as Shakespeare really the author of the Shakespearean Works—his comedies and his tragedies Did he really write the (67) , or was he just a man that got confused There is not even a correct (68) of this man’s name. Shakespeare, Shakespeare, and Shaxpere are (69) of variations. Shakespeare was both fact and fiction. He was nobody’s concern (70) nearly two hundred years after he perished, and there is still no definite conclusion (71) this mystery. There is another man that can be (72) to the works of Shakespeare. His name is Edward DeVere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. The man known as Shakespeare does not (73) perfectly into the necessary criteria to (74) the author of these works. Thomas Looney established a series of criteria that had to be fulfilled (75) be a possible candidate for the authorship of the Shakespearean works. To have all the knowledge that is (76) in the works, the author must have accomplished many things, c. g. a superior education. However, from what we know of Shakespeare, this was not a (77) . We do not even know (78) Shakespeare has ever written anything. (79) do we know that he was paid for writing. The man Shakespeare does not even make a (80) that he is the author. It’s not how (81) we know about Shakespeare that (82) confusion and difficulty now; (83) it’s the things that we do know. We know Shakespeare’s father, a glover, could not write. When he (84) documents, he simply made an X. This is (85) it is believed that Shakespeare could not write as well, because his education probably was passed (86) from his father.