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=Christopher Marlowe... =



...is the real author of Shakespeare's work.
**__Thesis:__ Christopher Marlowe gave William Shakespeare his writing.**

__**Education:**__ Christopher Marlowe had more education than Shakespeare. Marlowe attended Kings School in Canterbury. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in 1584 at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge. He then got his Master's degree in 1587. Shakespeare only completed the third grade.

Marlowe was the first writer to use blank verse extensively. Shakespeare seemed to have been greatly influenced by Marlowe's use of blank verse. Renaissance morality was seen throughout Marlowe's English tragedies.
 * __Writing Style:__**

Shakespeare and Marlowe had both written for Lord Strange's acting company. Shakespeare suddenly started using blank verse after Marlowe perfected it.
 * __Shakespeare's Relationship with Marlowe:__**

Marlowe was allegedly murdered in a bar fight over who was to pay the bill. Information suggests there may have been a probable cause as to why Marlowe could have faked his death. The week following the bar fight, Marlowe had a trial for blasphemy and atheism. We think Marlowe faked his death to escape having to go to this trial, since he was in fact religious. Marlowe was suspected of being a spy and he had connections with the Queen. The Queen had sent Marlowe to Rheims, France on national security matters. After his alleged death, the Queen had a special Coroner examine the body. The body was quickly buried in an unmarked grave. There was then suspicion that the body was not Marlowe's and that Marlowe had fled to Italy. In Italy, we think Christopher Marlowe wrote and sent plays to William Shakespeare because he could not be alive but still wanted his writing to be published.
 * __Marlowe's Alleged Death:__**

[[file:Marlowe's Timeline.doc]]

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