Regardless of their viewpoints, there has never been any hard documented evidence found connecting Shakespeare of Stratford on Avon nor Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford to any kind of literary composition of some of the most renowned drama and verse, especially Shakespeare's canon. ... It seems reasonable that Shakespeare understudied the earlier works of the 17th Earl of Oxford based upon Craig Huston's studies of word parallels in several authorship type debating documents also pointed out in this "Beginner's Guide to the Shakespeare Authorship Problem." ...

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Soliloquies are when the characters are alone or at least they think they are and often used in drama, because there is no narrative point of view. ... Hamlets age is open to interpretation; however he is often known to be in young adulthood, since he returns from university studies to come home after his father's death. ...

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