Shakespeare Bisexual?

[rockergrl]

Q. Was Shakespeare Gay?
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A.
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, apparently not intended for publication. The majority of these sonnets address the poet's love for a young man. There is no historical evidence to indicate Shakespeare was bisexual or homosexual; he was a married man with three children. However, the poet's intense romantic feelings for the young man in the sonnets have led some to believe Shakespeare was having a homosexual affair.
But is the speaker of the sonnets expressing Shakespeare's personal feelings? Does the young man belong solely to the realm of fantasy, as do Falstaff and the Three Witches? Since we do not know the answers, critics often choose to refer to the speaker of the sonnets as simply "the poet", to illustrate that he is a character, and not necessarily William Shakespeare.

from shakespeare.about.com/od/faqshakespeareslife/f/shakespeareg.htm

I remembered reading that about Shakespeare when I was in High School cause I had to do a biography on him. Did you guys know this?

*note* I hope it was ok to post this I was wondering if anyone had heard about this too? I don't want it to cause any hating though.

[Elliot Kane]

The issue of Shakespeare's possible bisexuality rests very much on how one interprets his words and the meaning behind them. This one has been argued up and down by academics for an age, now.

Personally, I think his work is utterly fantastic, whether he was a repressed bisexual, a practising bisexual or anything else

Whether he was bisexual or not - I dunno. I don't think anyone is likely to ever know, now

Still - Always best to judge for yourself assuming it matters to you.

Put not thy trust in 'translations'

[peterh]

Better question would be "Who really cares"?

How he lived his life shouldn't in any way change how people view his writings.

[Shan]

I too have heard of this concept. Like Elliot, I love his works, so it doesn't matter to me if he was bisexual or not. I also have my doubts that it will ever be proven one way or the other.

If I was to make a guess, it would be that the guy is from Shakespeare's realm of fantasy. His other works are so awesome that he could place himself and you in any type of setting he wanted.

And like Peter said, who cares. His works are all that is important and they rock.