Was the man we know as Shakespeare really the author of the Shakespearean Works his comedies and his tragedies？ Did he really write the【C1】______, or was he just a man that got confused？ There is not even a correct【C2】______of this man's name. Shakspere, Shakespeare, and Shaxpere are【C3】______of variations. Shakespeare was both fact and fiction. He was nobody's concern【C4】______nearly two hundred years after he perished, and there is still no definite conclusion【C5】______this mystery. There is another man that can be【C6】______to the works of Shakespeare. His name is Edward DeVere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. The man known as Shakespeare does not【C7】______perfectly into the necessary criteria to【C8】______the author of these works. Thomas Looney established a series of criteria that had to be fulfilled【C9】______be a possible candidate for the authorship of the Shakespearean works. To have all the knowledge that is【C10】______in the works, the author must have accomplished many things, e.g. a superior education. However, from what we know of Shakespeare, this was not a【C11】______We do not even know【C12】______Shakespeare has ever written anything.【C13】______do we know that he was paid for writing. The man Shakespeare does not even make a【C14】______that he is the author. It's not how【C15】______we know about Shakespeare that【C16】______confusion and difficulty now;【C17】______it's the things that we do know. We know Shakespeare's father, a glover, could not write. When he【C18】______documents, he simply made an X. This is【C19】______it is believed that Shakespeare could not write as well, because his education probably was passed【C20】______from his father.
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A. comedies
B. plays
C. tragedies
D. operas