Why Shakespeare Never Existed

        Shakespeare is known today as one of the greatest writers to have ever existed. His poems and plays are still passed around today and are considered to be the greatest works ever written. But how? How could one man be so brilliant that he is still a household name 450 years later. Some experts have tried to find what made him so unique and uncovered something terrifyingly jolting. Shakespeare may never have existed.

        On May 13, 1593, Christopher Marlowe dies. Before Shakespeare, everyone knew Marlowe as the "head playwright" because he wrote extravagant plays for Elizabethan audiences, just like Shakespeare. However, due to his belief in atheism, some of the public wishes for his demise and no the 13 of May, he is killed in a bar fight. Then, one year later, Shakespeare is performing at the Global Theatre for the exact same audience. However, records of Shakespeare show that his family was illiterate and that he never went to school for writing. Thus, most question how Shakespeare would know to write as well as he did. 

        What if Marlowe was Shakespeare? By faking his death, Marlowe would cease the public ridicule and by changing his name, he could continue to write famous works. Shakespeare never existed, just a famous playwright who wanted to clear his name from the public.
-Evan Silberstein