What Does The Shakespeare-X Message Prove?
Here's what the uncovering of the Shakespeare-X Message proves:
1 That Christopher Marlowe wrote the works of William Shakespeare. Christopher Marlowe is Shakespeare.
2. The name William Shakespeare was a public imposture behind which Christopher Marlowe concealed himself.
3. Christopher Marlowe engineered his own falsified murder, with the help of others of political influence, and lived writing in exile and concealment, probably in Italy.
4. Christopher Marlowe fell foul of religious and political factionalism in the English government and was its victim. Probably he was sent into exile with the consent of Queen Elizabeth I. The alternative for him was torture and execution.
5. Marlowe was traumatized by the turn of events in his life. The reversal of his illustrious fortunes altered the thematic and narrative interests of his writings, as can be seen in his plays.
What does the Shakespeare-X Message imply?
1. Elizabethan England was an authoritarian state which silenced its citizens severely and successfully.
2. Marlowe probably edited the First Shakespeare Folio himself and was the source of the many new play manuscripts and the text changes and additions. The First Folio is therefore authoritative and complete regarding the works of Shakespeare.
3. The actor William Shakespeare was paid to impersonate Marlowe at the theater company and around the city of London. This was his primary function and he was probably neither an actor nor a writer. He was merely a suitable person to be used for the imposture.
4. That Marlowe was well known, much admired and well liked by his associates in the theater and artistic circles of London. They protected him and saw that his works were saved for the future. Everyone knew that he was a unique genius. Many people in the artistic world knew of the imposture, and alluded to it in publications in various subtle ways. Even Queen Elizabeth I allowed him special dispensation.
5. That Marlowe was probably allowed to return to England under limited freedoms after Queen Elizabeth died and King James I took the throne. Most likely the terms of this pardon were that he would not write any more plays, nor take part in public life. He thereafter probably busied himself with the publishing of the First Folio.
6. That Marlowe probably lived in Renaissance Italy, perhaps Venice, and drew upon European literature and folk tales for his literary sources, which were then transformed into English theater drama.
The Shakespeare-X Message also proves that there can be magic in the world.
But that's a matter for another discussion.
