Why did Shakespeare write Shakespeare?
August 8th, 2007
Why did Shakespeare write Shakespeare
If vilia meritur vulgus* is true,
The groundlings who made up his theatre
Would find his language hard to chew.
If wealth were Shakespeare’s ‘lighted shaft’,
As modern historians deduce,
Then nonsense would more hit the mark
Than the brilliance he produced.
But, desiring immortality,
He wrote ‘So long lives this’,
This shows his partiality
Towards eternalness.
So I think both accounts […]