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This study introduces a novel text analysis approach, RPAS (Rhetorical Personality Analysis System), to identify authorial personality. RPAS successfully distinguishes between Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Cary, even for disputed works.

Area of Science:

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Literary Forensics
  • Stylometry

Background:

  • Authorship attribution of William Shakespeare's works remains a 400-year-old scholarly debate.
  • Existing computational methods (e.g., word counts, keyword density) lack definitive consensus.
  • Alternative approaches are needed to analyze subtle stylistic characteristics in historical texts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate a novel text analysis technique, RPAS (Rhetorical Personality Analysis System), based on word semantics and authorial personality.
  • To test RPAS's efficacy in distinguishing between authors of known and disputed literary works.
  • To assess the applicability of personality-based stylometry to historical texts.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of works by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Elizabeth Cary.
Keywords:
authorship identificationlinear discriminant analysispersonalityprincipal component analysissensory processing

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  • Application of Word Accumulation Curves, Hierarchical Clustering, Principal Component Analysis, and Linear Discriminant Analysis.
  • Utilizing RPAS (Rhetorical Personality Analysis System), a multi-faceted approach analyzing writer's personality through text.

    • Main Results:

    • RPAS effectively differentiated the known works of Shakespeare from those of Marlowe and Cary.
    • The system also successfully separated disputed works attributed to Shakespeare.
    • Demonstrated that personality-based stylistic markers are consistent across centuries.

    Conclusions:

    • RPAS offers a promising new method for authorship attribution by analyzing authorial personality.
    • This technique provides a robust tool for identifying subtle writing style characteristics.
    • The findings have potential applications in digital forensics and historical text analysis.