DAY2 Who was Shakespere? part2

This lack of historical data has caused some literary experts to question whether William Shakespere really wrote the works attributed to him. Skeptics cite a number of arguments to support their belief that Shakespere, the playwright, was really someone else. First fourteen plays have scenes that take place in Italy and demonstrate a detailed knowledge of Italian society and politics. However, there is no record of Shakespere's ever traveling to Italy. Skeptics also argue that the level of vocabulary and languageused in Shakespere's works reflects the writings of a highly educated person with a good understanding of law, politics, and history. Yet there is no record of Shakespere's ever attending a university.
If William Shakespere did not write the great plays and sonnets, then who did? The two most plausible candidates are Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, a contemporary poet and friend of Queen Elizabeth I, and Christopher Marlowe, also born in 1564, a Cambridge garduate, playwright, and---allegedly---Elizabethan spy.



1. skeptic (n) a person who doubts the truth or value of an idea or belief
懷疑論者

2. cite (v) to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened, or to speak or write words taken from a particular writer or written work
舉出

3. demonstrate (v) to show something and explain how it works
顯示

4. plausible (a) seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed
貌似有理的

5. earl (n) a British man of high social rank, between a marquis and a viscount
伯爵

6. contemporary (n) belonging to the same or a stated period in the past
當代的

7. allegedly (adv) to state that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof
據傳說地


to be continued....