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[|Times Magazine: The Mystery of Shakespeare's Identity]'

In this magazine article, written in Time Magazine 2007, it is said that in the late 19th century people started to question Shakespeare's true identity. Wanting to find out his true identity Shakespearian actors, Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance, unveiled a "Declaration of Reasonable Doubt." Which was created by the California-based Shakespeare Authorship Coalition, who is an organization that tries to inform people the true identity of Shakespeare. Their document states that it's very reasonable to question Shakespeare identity so they propose that there should be research done to find the rightful author's identity. I believe that yes there should be research done on proving his identity, but I do not believe that there should be any doubt that it was not William Shakespeare. It is because of Shakespeare that we today have the wonderful works of art he has created and without him we would not have the literature we do today. Now, if proving the author of the fantastic stories, plays, and poems starts with checking to see if it's truly William Shakespeare I think it's wonderful, but saying that the author is not William is an unfair assumption. His work had help shape our literature, language, culture, and even art that we know to day. So, with out his work where would our society be today? Would anything be different if his work was never done?