As I mentioned in my "Stratford Cont." blog Shakespeare lived and died all within three miles of his birth place. This brings to mind the "Nuture vs. Nature" controversy. The "Nuture" theory is that people are a product of their environment. The "Nature" theory says that people are a product of their genes and their internal instincts.
Now, there is only one William Shakespeare, even though, I'm sure there have been other writers that were born and died in Stratford, they did not reach the magnitude of Shakespeare. Also, out of all the boys that went to Shakespeare's school, very few have historically risen to signifacance.
I think Shakespeare was naturally a genius. No one else could have accomplished what he accomplished... buy how? Why?
I think he summed it up best in Twelfth Night when he wrote, "Be not afraid of greatness: some people are born great, some acheive greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." Who knows which is he... or is he all three?
Anyway, just a small digression, a little caveat of what I think of Shakespeare. Or at least what I unconclusively muse to myself about Shakespeare.
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