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>done next to zero research on william shakespeare's life to try and understand

The records of William's life are pretty clear. He was a shrewd businessman and jack of all trades in the theatre. We have no contemporary records of his having great education and his will contains nothing that indicates a learned man. The epitaph on his tomb, written by him, is doggerel.

This has no resemblance to the author of the plays who was extremely widely read and knew ancient and contemporary languages and was intimately familiar with the law. This required education and leisure time William did not have.
Groatsworth of Wit and Ben Jonson satirise William as a social climber and unlearned and discuss his using/adapting old plays.