DEBATE: WAS HAMLET CRAZZY

It was Friday December 12, 2008, in Room 204 where a debate was held to find out whether or not Hamlet was crazy. Judges Nick, Yan, and Jennifer Ross overlooked the debate to ensure total chaos would not ensue. Arguing that Hamlet was in fact mentally insane were Ilayda, Mary and Michaela. Those people that were responsible for arguing that Hamlet was not crazy were Kelsey, Melissa and Jess.

The affirmative side opened up with Mary rambling on about why Hamlet was insane and listed all the different circumstances that would cause his change in mental state. The Negative side opened up saying that all the circumstances that they are describing are taken out of context of the story, thus saying Mary has no idea what she’s talking about and miss-understood the books meaning.

The rebuttals from both teams were very well done and you can tell it would be a very close debate as both teams researched plenty of information. Both teams brought up very good counter arguments.

The free for all lived up to its reputation. As one member of the crowed got into one of the Affirmatives faces, she got a little angry and said some things that may or may not be appropriate, so she will go unnamed…Mary. It was obvious that the crowd was in favor of the Negative side.

This crowd advantage and what seemed to be a much more thorough research lead to the Affirmatives downfall as the judges scored the victory in favor of the Negative side.