Poll: William Shakespeare, did he exist?

[silver wolf009]

Please tell me this is a joke, ofcourse he bloody lived, they even know where he was born and a lot about his life .

I never said that i didnt believe he existed but there are a group of people who did believe he didnt

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

He did exist, we have enough evidence to prove that. Whether he actually wrote his plays is still debated, though I believe that he did.

And for the record, we did land on the moon and Jesus also did exist.

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[Koeryn]

Please tell me this is a joke, ofcourse he bloody lived, they even know where he was born and a lot about his life .

Wouldn't surprise me. Just look at the FlatEarth Society, the 2012 crack-heads, MOST conspiracy theorists (which I suppose this counts as), Chris- (So not going there. MUCH too easy and obvious. ). People'll believe anything.

 

[Woodsey]

He did exist. All that is disputable is whether or not he wrote his material or if his ideas are all original. It is well known that most of his plays are adaptations of famous legends.

Everything's got to originate from somewhere.

OT: Yes, duh.

 

[TheOnceandFutureKing]

Please tell me this is a joke, ofcourse he bloody lived, they even know where he was born and a lot about his life .

Unfortunately this is true very very true some people actually think he never existed.

 

[Aardvark]

Wait... what? I really hope this is a funny.

Oh no, it's actually true. English class includes these ancient fabrications merely to lend credence to their authenticity.

 

[epiconionz]

No, Shakespeare was never real. Also JFK was a beaver and Elvis a magical elf.

 

[The Kangaroo]

No you fools! He never existed and it was all written by ME! MUHUHAHAHAHA!

*ahem* I wanted to make Romeo and Juliet about a boy who was a n00b and a girl who was 1337 but C.S. Lewis was all "That won't be good for ages, lets go with some houses or some shit like that, back to the batcave!"

 

[RobThePrezodent]

the title of the thread made me laugh. i dont think there really is any doubt that he existed, but as to whether or not he plagarised any of his work, well you could say that about any writer, musician etc. but i dont buy into stuff like that. i assume (or rather hope) this is a joke thread.

 

[_Serendipity_]

No, Shakespeare was never real. Also JFK was a beaver and Elvis a magical elf.

I crying BS on this, Elvis was an elf, sure, but a magical one? No way dude. WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Man, that duel with The-ModeRazor was awesome, but I have to say, since I was there to witness it, that Shakespeare definitely turned up, and so he must have existed.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

He did exist, we have enough evidence to prove that. Whether he actually wrote his plays is still debated, though I believe that he did.

And for the record, we did land on the moon and Jesus also did exist.

Welcome to the Escapist! I hope you enjoy your stay with us.
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If you want, nobody else does.

 

[MurderousToaster]

He totally existed!

The plays can't have been written by different writers, they all have a special touch

EDIT: Oh, right:

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We'll make sure you enjoy your stay.
Just don't go into the basement.
Never go into the basement.

Mmmm, delicious new-person-welcoming copypasta. Twice I've seen you doing that today.

 

[EeveeElectro]

No, it was me who wrote all his work and hypnotised you all in thinking it was him.

Sorry.

 

[Lexodus]

(First Thread woo)
The immortal William Shakespeare has been known by almost all of humanity ever sense he burst onto the theater scene in england. But did he ever really exsist? There are a group of people in the world who argue that William was an imagination, that his works are real but there was a diffrent writer or writers. Which do you believe?

There's also a man who claims that the moon is a hoax, put in the sky by the Templars to fool people.

Point is, if it can be imagined, some shit-for-brains nutbag is going to believe it.

http://www.revisionism.nl/Moon/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm

^
I still hope the above is a Poe.

 

[Aardvark Soup]

There's plenty of evidence the person William Shapespeare's existed, and I assume most (if not all) historians think he did. More interesting is the question wheter Homer (writer of the Illiad and Odyssey) existed, since nobody is sure of that.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Lexodus]

I'm studying King Lear and have done MacBeth and The Merchant of Venice. The man was a genius and he did exist. That's like claiming that Darwin never really existed or Galileo was really an antelope.

WIN. Best thing I've heard all day!

 

[reg42]

Wow... Just wow...
Of course he existed.

 

[MurderousToaster]

Mmmm, delicious new-person-welcoming copypasta. Twice I've seen you doing that today.

It's my Generic Escapee Welcome Speech.
I'm trying to get one like Cpt. Oblivious' one

And there are a lot of new people recently...

Makes me wonder why. Also, that's thrice today, saw you in another thread.
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