1. a statement that appears to contradict itself

2. a traveling group of actors, singers, or dancers

3. someone who does not believe that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's plays

4. a recurring theme, structure, contrast, or literary device in literature

5. happening after the death of the person

6. someone who believes Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's plays

7. impossible to reach

8. a standard of behavior; a social expectation

9. the English upper class ranking just below nobility

unattainable

normative

motif

paradox

anti-Stratfordian

posthumous

gentry

Stratfordian

troupe

1. Paradox. - a statement that appears to contradict itself.

2. Troupe. - a traveling group of actors, singers, or dancers.

3. Anti-Straffordian. - someone who does not believe that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's plays.

4. Motif. - a recurring theme, structure, contrast, or literary device in literature.

5. Posthumous. - happening after the death of the person

6. Straffordian.-someone who believes Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's plays.

7. - Unattainable. - impossible to reach.

8. - Normative. - a standard of behavior; a social expectation.

9. Nobility. - the English upper class ranking just below nobility

1. paradox

2. troupe

3. anti-Stratfordian

4. motif

5. posthumous

6. Stratfordian

7. unattainable

8. normative

9. gentry