Shakespeare was an influential figure in Elizabethan England, famous for his plays and sonnets, and considered as the most famous writer in England.
A group of17th century pipe fragments were found in Shakespeare's historical heritage in Stratford upon Avon, England.
Anthropologists and botanists use sophisticated forensic methods to examine these pipe fragments. The researchers found marijuana on eight of them, and four of them were directly excavated from Bud Garden. According to Time magazine, Jone Shakespeare's home is considered to be Shakespeare's birthplace, located in Stratford-on-Avon.
The analysis report was published in the south African journal of science (CC BY 2.
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These non-destructive chemical tests revealed traces of drugs on pipes and cigarette butts, including cocaine, * * * and compounds produced by burning marijuana. The pipe fragments in Shakespeare's garden contain traces of marijuana. Although other fragments of pipes revealing cocaine and other drug residues in Peru come from different places, Francis Thackeray, an anthropologist at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, believes that the use of drugs may be mentioned in some works of Shakespeare. Thackeray pointed out Shakespeare's sonnet 76, which wrote, "Why don't I look aside/look at the newly discovered methods and those strange compounds?" /why do you want to write me exactly the same, exactly the same, put the invention in a famous weed ..., the title page of Shakespeare's sonnets 1609 edition.
"In the public sphere,' marijuana' may be interpreted as a playwright's willingness to use' marijuana' (marijuana is a kind of tobacco) to create works (inventions)," Thackeray said. "In the same sonnet, he seems unwilling to be associated with' strange compounds', which can at least be explained as' strange drugs' (possibly cocaine).
In this article, the researchers believe that Shakespeare may have been fully aware of the harmful effects of cocaine and excluded it, preferring marijuana as a stimulant.
The news magazine The Wire reported that Francis Thackeray tried to dig out Shakespeare's skeleton and try to determine the cause of death (which is still a mystery). Maybe he will collect more information about his potential drug habit in a forensic and non-destructive way.
Any groove found between the canine teeth and the front teeth may reveal to the researchers that if he chews a pipe and smokes from it, the excavation will not happen. Similarly, william shakespeare is said to be obsessed with burial and afraid of excavation.
He carved a warning on the tombstone: "Blessed are those who forgive these stones, and cursed are those who move my bones." Is Shakespeare's accusation of taking drugs nonsense? Of course, drug abuse in all ages, including17th century England, is not a shocking discovery.
Forensic Medicine tells the story of various plants being smoked in Elizabethan England. However, since these pipes can't be completely connected with the bard himself, it is still a guess whether william shakespeare used marijuana to stimulate his creation.
On the other hand, Thackeray, the author of the research report, has debated this view for more than ten years, and has attracted the ridicule of some Shakespeare scholars.
The Daily Telegraph reported that they "refuted the idea that the author's genius was inspired by drugs". Thackeray and his colleagues appealed to historians, pointing out that "literary analysis and chemical science can benefit from each other and bring art. In order to better understand Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Shakespeare and his science are in front of the funeral monument in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Public domain, selected pictures: Cobb's portrait, claiming to be william shakespeare's portrait before his death.
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2015/A0115, author Liz Leafloor, editor, writer and graphic designer, engaged in news and online media for many years, covering exciting and interesting topics, such as ancient myths, history, science and technology, archaeological discoveries, life and death, and unexplained.