The Five Stages of Grief

It’s ironic that Elizabeth Kubler-Ross theory, of the five stages of grief is present in the story “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare after so many centuries later. Hamlet is believed to be the most dramatic play in history, and comes with many personal conflicts that people still today will struggle with. In “Hamlet”, the main character, Hamlet goes through the 5 stages of grief throughout the story. Elizabeth Kubler- Ross developed a theory based on how she believed to be the stages of acceptance of death. “The 5 stages of grief and loss are: 1. Denial and isolation; 2. Anger; 3. Bargaining; 4. Depression; 5. Acceptance. People who are grieving do not necessarily go through the stages in the same order or experience all of them.” (Axelrod, 2016) Even though, Hamlet repeats some of these stages, and is involved in multiple stages at the same time, he does in fact experience through all these stages. Hamlet the Danish prince, son of Gertrude, grieve for the death of his father. The unexpected passing of his father causes Hamlet to experience a roller coaster of emotions. The death of his father is not the only thing he struggles with, but the marriage between his mother and uncle troubles him also. He feels as if his mother has betrayed him, and did not give him the proper time to grief over the fatality of his father. Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, not only replaced his father, but he also inherited the throne that was supposed to be passed down to Hamlet. When Horatio and

When someone looses a loved one, they will go through the seven stages of grief. In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, Oskar goes through the seven stages of grief after his dad dies on September 11th, 2001. Throughout the novel, Oskar goes through all of the seven stages.

Certain events and choices in life have a huge impact on the future. In A Walk to Remember, directed by Adam Shankman, the viewer is taken on a trip with Jamie Sullivan and Landon Carter. Jamie is a sheltered pastor’s daughter, while Landon is popular at their school; a very unlikely couple. They go to the same high school, but the way the two meet is a bit unusual. Landon had gotten involved with a bad crowd, who peer pressured one of their classmates to jump off a bridge. He ends up in the hospital with injuries. Since Landon was involved in the accident he was made to volunteer in their school play and help tutor younger children. That’s where he gets to know Jamie. Landon has the lead in the play, and spends a lot of time with Jamie going over lines. He ends up falling in love with her, and defending her against bullies at their school. Later she reveals to him that she is sick with leukemia, and has no chance of recovering.

To begin coping with perinatal loss, it is important to review the stages of grief and how they pertain to this extremely sensitive topic. The seven stages of grief include shock or disbelief, denial, bargaining, guilt, anger, depression, and acceptance/hope. It is known that as a person advances through the stages, it can be common to regress back to a prior stage throughout the recovery process. It is important that the parents are aware of these stages of grief and are constantly reminded that it is perfectly normal to jump back and forth from stage to stage.

These stages of grief are known as the Kubler-Ross model. The first stage is denial. In this stage, the person tries to act like what they are grieving over didn’t happen. For example, if grieving over the death of a friend, the person may say, “This isn’t happening, she isn’t dead.” After exiting the denial stage, the person goes into a state of anger. At this point, a person is mad at their loss. For example, if a son’s mother passes away, he might say something like, “God, I am so mad at you for taking my mother away from me.” during the anger stage. The third stage of grief is known as bargaining. In this stage, someone tries to make a deal in order to get what they lost back. For example, in this stage someone who lost their husband may say, “God, if you bring my husband back, I will never complain again.” The fourth stage is known as the depression stage. In this stage, the person grieving has a feeling of emptiness and a piece of themselves missing. For example, is a child’s dog passes away, she may feel like a piece of her has passed on with the dog. The final stage of grief as stated in the Kubler-Ross model is acceptance. In this stage, a person’s feelings and emotions begin to stabilize. In this stage, a person still had bad days, but for the most part, they have stable emotions. In the stage of acceptance someone who lost their brother may say, “I lost my brother, but I am going to be

For the people who have lost a loved one, the denial stage is more symbolic in that you know mentally that the person is never coming back, but at the same time, it is hard to comprehend that your loved one will never be walking through that door again. While everyone experiences grief and loss, each and every one cope with their feelings in a unique way. “Many people avoid feelings and use alcohol and drugs to cope with their problems. But then some can help themselves by expressing their feelings on a piece of paper” (Grief and Depression 3). For the first couple days, one could feel like a part of itself is missing.

The fifth and final stage of grief is acceptance. It must be noted that there is a difference between resignation and acceptance. A person must accept the loss, not just try to bear it quietly. There must be realization that the person is gone when they die. People must realize that it is not their fault, and that their loved one did not leave them on purpose. It is said that even in cases of suicide often the deceased person was not in their right frame of mind. Acceptance must also occur when going through a divorce. There must be realization that it takes two to

While reading your posts I realize my friend who I utilized in my post was experiencing Kubler-Ross five stages of grief “which views loss as series of five stages-denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance- that people go through as they come to grips with their own imminent death” (420). In the case of my friend it was not his own death but it was a death of his two parents. While grieving the loss of his mom I believe he went through the five stages in the order listed by Kubler-Ross.

Death of any person is a hard matter to go through. It is normal for a person to follow the five stages of grief which includes: denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance. Every person will go through these stages at different times, and every person accepts the loss of their loved one at different rates of time. To a patient, three months ago can still feel like it happened yesterday. When addressing a patient who has lost a loved one three months ago; it is important to be careful with your tone and word choice. Four appropriate questions that are appropriate to ask a grieving patient during the medical and history review would be:

On the other hand, Kübler-Ross and her stage theory have helped countless people through the grieving process. All the stages identify the emotions and decisions that people make when they are grieving. They simply fall short of details. There needs to be more than what she states. The individual person must be taken in to account. Yes, the stages occur but are they really stages or more of a guideline of what you might experience over a time of grieving that is specific to each person.

Grief is a process that involves five important steps to correctly deal with a painful situation or the loss of someone important in ones life. In the famous play “Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare a young boy is forced into the grieving process when his father dies. The audience can see him go through all five step, and also can see how the ones around him also go through the process. To overcome grief effectively all five steps must be experienced but not in any particular order and through the stories the readers can see how each character deals with grief differently but eventually all reach acceptance. Lorraine Hansberry, writes about a family is all waiting for the arrival of their deceased father’s life insurance check in the

During the grief process, a person may encounter a number of different stages of grief at the same time, which involves acceptance, depression, anger, bargaining and denial. These stages are not in any type of sequential order or based on a progression that’s predictable. They’re a collation of the 5 common experiences for the grieving that may occur in any particular order, if at all. During these times, a person needs to be honest with themselves. Often times, the behavior continues even in the early stages of recovery causing a person to fall to their knees in deep depression when mirroring themselves feeling powerless during the substance separation. To encounter fear of purpose and the unknown, this is common, and understanding brings

The first stage of grief is the denial. Denial is shock and disbelief regarding the loss of someone. The second stage of grief is anger. Anger is an emotion that may be expressed towards relatives, friends, God, healthcare provider or anyone you feel is at fault. The third stage of grief is bargaining. Bargaining occurs when the person asks God or fate for more time to delay

emotion as, “Denial is the stage that can initially help you survive the loss. You might think life

The theory of grief and loss was developed by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (1969) to apply to people who are grieving as well as those that are dying. Different people deal with grief differently but according to Kubler-Ross suggested that when people grieve they will go through these stages; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Sometimes loss is expected and sometime it is a surprise to people. The first stage; denial is about the person who is grieving will feel numb and shocked and would not be willing to accept that their loved one has passed away or is terminally ill (Kubler-Ross, 1969). This relates to Jason Martins who has lost his mother due to an illness. This theory was used to be able to understand how Jason is feeling