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The Dark Lady: Mistress of Shakespeare

The Dark Lady: Mistress of Shakespeare. The Mystery Behind The Mistress.

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The Dark Lady: Mistress of Shakespeare

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  1. The Dark Lady:Mistress of Shakespeare

  2. The Mystery Behind The Mistress • For years, scholars, writers and many others have wondered about and researched to find out the identity of the mysterious Dark Lady. Even today no one has been able to pinpoint her identity. I have found that researching this topic is a very large task since there is so much information. Some resources conflict with each other, and there are many women who are suspected to have been Shakespeare’s mistress. By means of a long and tedious process, I have been able to narrow it all down to one woman who I personally think is the best candidate for the Dark Lady. She has a history that connects her to the famous poet and it may even be true that she is the original author of some Shakespeare’s many works. Who is this woman? That is what you are going to find out today.

  3. The Sonnets • Shakespeare wrote 28 sonnets (127-154) that referred to a woman that he seemed to be obsessed with. • Description of her physical characteristics • Description of her personality

  4. “…Therefore my mistress’ brows are raven black, Her eyes so suited, and they mourners seem As such who, not born fair, no beauty lack, Slandering creation with a false esteem: Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says beauty should look so.”

  5. “…How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds…” • I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I grant I never saw a goddess go, My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.”

  6. Dark Lady Suspects • Mary Fitton- a woman of dark complexion who held a place on queen Elizabeth’s court • Anne Whateley (Hathwey)- possible girlfriend or wife? • Jane Davenant- wife of the owner of the Crown Inn • Emilia Bassano Lanier- daughter of Babtista (ring a bell?) Bassano • Lucy Morgan (Black)- a black woman said to be a prostitute • Marie Mountjoy- Shakespeare’s landlady • Queen Elizabeth I - Queen of England (suggested because it would mean that Shakespeare has royal bloodlines)

  7. Mary Fitton • Her complexion • Her position on the Queen’s court • Her children and marriages

  8. Anne Whateley (Hathaway?) • Whateley lived in Temple Grafton 5 miles from Stratford (Shakespeare’s home town) • Hathaway lived in Stratford • His relationship with both? • Name mix up?

  9. Queen Elizabeth I • Is she the Dark Lady? • Edward De Vere • The Virgin Queen

  10. Jane Davenant • Crown Inn • “Godfather” Shakespeare • Othello

  11. Lucy Morgan • A business with a convenient location • Her nicknames • What she looked like

  12. Marie Mountjoy • Who was she? • What “Domestic Dilemma?”

  13. Emilia Bassano Lanier • The Family Business • Her Ethnicity http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/category/emilia-bassano-lanier/ • A complex signature or an obsession?

  14. Is Emilia Bassano Lanier the Dark Lady and the True Author of the Shakespearean Plays?

  15. Does Emilia measure up? • How her music links her to her work • Her Hebrew heritage “speaks” • Feminism in England • Her Italian background • A major accomplishment • Her own special kind of signature • How Shakespeare’s script didn’t cut it

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  17. Lee, Sidney. A Life of William Shakespeare. The Macmillan Company. 1917. 31 Mar. 2009.0< http://books.google.com/books?id=jXULAAAAIAAJ > Love, Mark. "Emilia Lanier (The Dark Lady?)". Public Broadcasting Station. 2003. 23 MAr. 2009. <http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/players/player34.html> Lynch-Giddings, Scott. "A Highly Speculative Chronology of William Shakespeare's Life and Times". Omnis Network LLC. 31 Mar. 2009. <http://www.robinhoodplay.com/ShaxChron.htm#Start> Price, Theodore. "Bernard Shaw's Dark Lady of the Sonnets".Shaw Society. June 2006. 30 Mar. 2009. <[[http://www.shawsociety.org/Price.htm ]]> Rowse, A. William Shakespeare: A Biography. New York: Harper and Row, 1963. "Shakespeare: His Marriage and Relations With His Wife". 2002. 30.Mar. 2009. <http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/shakespeare003.html > "The Sonnets". The Eserver Poetry Collection. 19 February. 2009. <http://www.poetry.eserver.org/sonnets/> Tait, Simon. "Unmasked: The Identity of Shakespeare's Dark Lady". BNET Business Network. 7 Dec. 2003. 23 Mar. 2009. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20031207/ai_n12748219> Weis, Rene. Decoding a Hidden Life: Shakespeare Unbound. Henry Holt and Company. Oct. 2007. 30 Mar. 2009. <http://books.google.com/books> Path: Google Book Search; Shakespeare Unbound by Rene Weis.

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