William Shakespeare is widely considered one of the finest playwrights and poets who ever lived. “There is much speculation that William Shakespeare did not write these poems and that as many as 50 other poets may have written them. » (“Shakespeare Facts: Read”, 2011) “William Shakespeare is the second most cited writer in the world. English language." ("Shakespeare Facts: Read", 2011) It is widely believed that the real Shakespeare is actually Edward De Vere. I firmly believe that Shakespeare was not the real playwright due to his lack of education, from the lack of upper class etiquette and differences in writing over time It is believed that since not all members of Shakespeare's family were educated, he would not have had a proper schooling either. should have been uneducated. If Shakespeare had not been educated, he could not have written 198 works ranging from sonnets, poems and plays With a vocabulary of over 13,000 words used in total in all his works. combined, if he was not educated, it is totally impossible for him to have written all the plays, poems and sonnets.....