SHAKESPEARE AND THE COMPUTER By Norm Williams
Imagine Shakespeare writing with a desktop computer. How many plays would the bard have created? The computer word processing system makes it easier to write and publish.
It was William Shakespeare's ability to use the English language in a new way that brought him fame and a fortune. No one can write like Shakespeare other than Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe and Shakespeare had almost identical writing styles.
The amazing thing is that Marlowe died in a brawl at Depford above London before the plays of Shakespeare appeared . The last writing of Marlowe was a narative poem called, "Hero and Leander." One of the first of Shakespeare's works was also a narative poem called, "Venus and Adonis." These two poems are almost identical in style of writing.
In 1593, Marlowe was charged as a heritic. But before he came to trial he was stabbed to death in a brawl. The details of the cornoners report are questionable. There is a lot of doubt that Marlowe was actually killed here.
It is likely that Marlowe's death was staged like actors in a play so that Marlowe could flee from England and escape the death penality. Marlowe then fled to France and Italy where he wrote the Italian plays of William Shakespeare, such as Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and Orthello.
An analysis of the writing of Marlowe and Shakespeare at Ohio State University shows that these two writers had an identical writing style. There are many words and phrazes that are almost the same in their plays.
I have taken some lines from Marlowe and some from Shakespeare and put them together in the following poem:
"Thou proud disturber of thy country's peace, May be the devil; and the devil hath power. What now remains? Have you proclaimed my lord? That it worthied him, got praises of the king, For England's honour, peace and quietness. Why dost thou call him knave? What is his fault? But by the sword, my lord, it must be deserved; You stubborn ancient knave, you reverend braggart."
Can you tell which lines are Marlowe's and which lines are Shakespeare's? The first line is from Marlowe's Edward II and the second line is from Macbeth. The third is Marlowe's and the next is Shakespeare's, alternating through the poem.
Only Marlowe had the education and the background in the courts to write these plays. William Shakespeare did not have that education but Marlowe did.
I sketched a copy of Christopher Marlowe's portrait which hangs in Cambridge University and added some age lines and a receeding hairline. Low and behold now the portrait is now William Shakespeare. That convinced me.
Was Christopher Marlowe also William Shakespeare? This will remain a mystery until perhaps one day the computer will examine the writing of the two authors and will find that the writing of Marlowe and the writing of Shakespeare are in fact the writing of the same person. One day, the amazing computer will tell us. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Norman Williams, copywriter and artist in Florida at mcheck@cityisp.net You can subscribe to my newsletter called "BIG MONEY PUBLISHING" by sending me an Email letter with subscribe in the subject. It is a unique and different newsletter about people, not about products, stuff, hype and baloney. Norm Williams, mcheck@cityisp.net mailto:mcheck@cityisp.net?subject=subscribe ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^