Was William Shakespeare an author

Answer 1

Shakespeare certainly had aspects of metaphysical poetry in his writings - he frequently created metaphors that linked unusual things to explain things like love for example. In Romeo and Juliet there is a famous passage where Romeo describes his love for Juliet as if he is a pilgrim on a journey to the shrine of her love. Also, in As You like It there is the famous 'seven stages a man' speech that likens the different stages of life to unusual things. This use of metaphor can arguably rank Shakespeare as having metaphysical qualities but strictly speaking, scholars do not speak of Shakespeare in terms of being a metaphysical poet like say, John Donne who is a more obvious example. The so called metaphysical poets came slightly later than Shakespeare.

Answer 2

No he wasnt a philosopher, but he wrote many great plays for Elizabeth II

Answer 3

He is not an author. He is THE author--the most famous author in the world.

Answer 4

Not unless you count inventing new words. He sure didn't invent new plots.

Answer 5

For all I know, there is a scientist somewhere called William Shakespeare. He isn't famous if so. The famous William Shakespeare was an author.

Answer 6

No, he was a playwright, poet and actor