Thursday, April 12, 2012

Struck by an Idea

 Today in Literature we talked about renaissance writers and while we were talking about Shakespeare I was struck by an amazing idea:
What if Shakespeare isn't really dead? Maybe he is immortal?
Really , like, think about it. He dies on the same day he was born- 23.April. It is pretty dramatic, don't you think? x)
And then there is a curse engraved on his grave against moving his bones:

Good frend for Iesvs sake forbeare,
To digg the dvst encloased heare.
Bleste be ye man yt spares thes stones,
And cvrst be he yt moves my bones.

(Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear, | To dig the dust enclosed here. | Blessed be the man that spares these stones, | And cursed be he that moves my bones.)

 To the present day no one has had the guts or will to open his grave. So here comes my point- maybe Shakespeare wanted people to think that he is dead ( it is kind of obvious actually, because people would have definitely noticed if he lived too old, without actually getting any older).
So, maybe he pretended his death like Juliet in " Romeo and Juliet" and then somehow escaped and hid somewhere until it was safe for him to walk around without anyone recognising him. Maybe he is still writing but under another name. Maybe he is a famous writer or maybe he isn't that famous at all. He was/is a smart and talented man so I think he has worked everything out, so he doesn't have to worry about a thing. Maybe he still even visits his grave, who knows?
 I think, that he replaced his body with somebody elses corpse, so when someone actually happened to dig up his grave, they would find a skeleton and that means they would probably have no reason to even think, that it is not Shakespeare himself.

 So Shakespeare, if you truly are immortal, I would really, really, really like to meet you =)



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