Doubts about the identity of Shakespeare were born in the XIX century, in the twilight era of true aristocratic gentlemen. They are based, in addition to the natural wonder for granted before prodigy playwright, his capacity for work and fertility was lying, of course, and intellectual snobbery: unwillingness to acknowledge that the divine gift could be endowed with a man of low social status and very mediocre career. “Complex Salieri is typical of those who, as in the XVI, and in the XX century, unable to admit that actor of provincial Stratford could overshadow the minds of the university and the capital playwrights.
The same psychological nature has many claims brought to SHaksper: his characters are noble and filled with wonderful outbursts, and their creator was a man endowed with practical minds, “pettifoggers, which were not shunned to lend money at interest, and (oh, horror!) To litigation with debtors. Indeed, ignoble. But it is natural for a single, struggling for survival in the capital and gaining a whole new way.
Business quality by themselves can not serve as grounds for prosecution in mental limitations. One can not help in this regard, come to mind are full of sad irony of the line of another genius: “Not for Sale inspiration, but you can sell a manuscript.”
When it comes to the Wills SHaksper, non-stratfordiants again touches earthiness, no-nonsense style in which he distributes among the relatives of his belongings. But, it seems, this is the meaning of the will? Or a genius to be sure to write his poems? According to the just remark I. Gililova known spiritual testament, written in a different, elevated lines, however, as a rule, they were long before his death and is the result of literary work – “Art of Dying”. Will the same SHaksper, apparently drafted in time of serious illness, so it is written, hand the clerk, and is unlikely in this situation, it might appear philosophical poetic passages. Another intriguing non-stratfordiants detail – including the absence of the said property books and manuscripts. Note, however, that they do not appear only among the wealth transferred to relatives, as you know, people are little or illiterate. What good would it in his books and papers? Maybe he sold them, leaving London, or give to friends, we never know how and what became of the manuscripts of plays and poems. The break with the old life and the stage could have marked by personal crises, and even their destruction. All of his pieces were played, the tales are told, the spirits were released to their native element. Further – silence …