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Hamlet 5 Stages Of Grief Essay

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What are the 5 stages of Grief? How does each stage of grief affect a person's life? To understand what the cast is going through we need to understand the 5 stages of grief. Each person in the story of Hamlet goes through different stages of grief, Denial/Isolation, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance are all stages of grief that are presented throughout the story. This quote from Kübler-Ross “people can experience these aspects of grief at different times and they do not happen in one particular order”, informs us that people experience these stages of grief but not in the same order, Hamlet and Laertes are perfect examples of that. Hamlet and Laertes are two characters of this story who visit all stages of grief in different, in …show more content…

Her initial denial comes from the rejection of her love by Hamlet, leading to anger and confusion. She then begins to bargain with herself, trying to understand why Hamlet has treated her so coldly. As the play progresses, Ophelia's depression deepens. She becomes overwhelmed by the events around her, ultimately leading to her tragic demise. Ophelia's story shows how grief can be not only a response to loss but also to rejection and disappointment. "I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died." (Act 4, Scene 5). This quote reveals Ophelia's depression following the death of her father, with her inability to enjoy even small things such as flowers. Her words suggest a sense of mourning and a lack of hope or joy. The idea that the violets have withered away mirrors the loss and decay Ophelia is experiencing in her own life, contributing to her …show more content…

After the death of his father, Laertes becomes consumed with anger and willing to do whatever it takes to avenge his father's death. He bargains with Claudius, hoping to use his loyalty to gain the power to take revenge. Laertes falls into depression as he realizes the consequences of his actions, ultimately leading to his tragic end. Laertes' story shows how grief can drive individuals to extremes as they seek justice for their loss."Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet; Mine and my father's death come not upon thee, Nor thine on me." (Act 5, Scene 2). This quote shows Laertes' acceptance of his imminent death, as he seeks forgiveness from Hamlet and offers forgiveness in return. He accepts the consequences of his actions and seeks to make peace before his

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Even his mourning clothes can not express the level of grief that Hamlet is experiencing after the loss of his father. After Ophelia drowns in a river, both Hamlet and Laertes are distraught. Hamlet always loved Ophelia and Laertes was still shocked by his father’s death.

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Is he crazy or is he just grieving? Or is he grieving incorrectly? The Kübler-Ross model, otherwise known as the Five Stages to Grief say that one must go through Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance before they have properly grieved. While there is no wrong or right way to grieve, the stages are listed as an example of what might happen. Hamlet, in the play Hamlet is made out to be crazy but in reality he is not grieving correctly.

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As the innocent victim of Hamlet’s feigned madness, Ophelia’s insanity is a product of her inability to cope with Hamlet and her father’s death. Her songs show hidden grief and sorrow; her flowers represent the fact that beneath the innocent exterior, there is a weakness or flaw in everyone. Hamlet was able to look past his grief for his father’s death, but he caused someone he loves to be in pain. Whether it is the frailty of women, sorrow, or death, anything, including love, can appear to be pleasant, but can be the ultimate cause of a person’s

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Laertes does not mourn at all” (Levin 222). Laertes even goes to another level when he says he would “cut [Hamlet’s] throat it’h’ church” (Shakespeare 4.7. 3271). This displays an absolute opposite to what Hamlet says earlier in the play when he dismisses the chance to kill Claudius because Claudius was kneeling in prayer. Laertes revenge, like Hamlet’s, ultimately leads to his

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This can be presented through the events with Laertes, In the scene showing the burial of Ophelia they both jump in the coffin and start fighting. Hamlet pulls out from the fight first, giving us a hint of his Maturity growth. We see that with all the trouble Hamlet has experience, his become a bigger person and realizes that Laertes also lost his father and sympathizes with him. He comes clean and admits his wrongdoings saying “give me pardon sir…. I have done you wrong”.

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and his lack of acceptance in regards to his mother's choices. Within this context, depression turns out to be the front-runner when it comes to the 5 stages, and subsequently is one of the main features of this play, as it causes Hamlet to reevaluate the fatality of his father, his mother’s new marriage, and eventually his own life. Anger is considered a necessary stage in the

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Initially, Laertes returns to Denmark to avenge the murder of his father. He shares his plan to punish Hamlet for his role in his father’s death in the lines, “It warms the very sickness in my heart that I live and tell him to his teeth, ‘Thus didst thou.' ” (IV, vii, 52-54) There is irony in him using the phrase “It warms my heart” to describe the sickness of it. Laertes admits he finds joy at the thought of killing Hamlet, but his diction/word choice suggests that he is disgusted with himself. The contradiction in the quote indicates his internal conflict about whether or not to take action.

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When Ophelia returns all his letters and gifts he tells her that he has never loved her and that she should “get thyself to a nunnery.” This is one example how his mood changes throughout the play. Then after all this her father, Polinous, is murdered by Hamlet. The Hamlet is sent away to England All of these actions result in her feeling such stress that she becomes insane in the end.

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Laertes returns home on account of his father’s death. Claudius manipulates and deceives Laertes into thinking that it was all Hamlet’s fault and that revenge must be taken. Laertes resolves to do just that by accepting the power Claudius grants him to arrange a sparring match, in which Laertes can poison his sword. Leartes states that all he must do is, “touch my point[on Hamlet] with this contagion, that if I gall him slightly, it may be death” (IV, vii, 147-149). Leartes plans the murder of Hamlet all on account of what Claudius wants him to do.

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When his father died, he returned home in vengeance. When his sister went crazy, his first reaction was anger and pain, but it then turned to anger seeing how affected she was by her father’s death. Later on when she dies, he storms out filled with rage and at her funeral, he was crying so much that Hamlet fought him to prove he was affected more. Hamlet and Laertes are character foils for one another.

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Then, Laertes chooses to become a participant in the killing of Hamlet. As aforementioned, this plan for death is a success, but causes many other deaths along with Hamlet to fail.

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His willingness to conspire with Claudius and deceive Hamlet into thinking that it is a fair fight. Eager to get his revenge, Laertes “[dips] a knife in” the poison so that nothing “can save [Hamlet] from death,” demonstrating the damaging consequences of acting on desires for revenge through deception (IV, vii, 159). In the end, Laertes does end up wounding and therefore killing Hamlet, however, “Laertes, as he himself admits, ‘is justly killed by [his] own treachery’ (5.2.297),” by also getting stabbed by the same poisoned blade

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He was one hundred percent willing to kill the king to avenge his father. With Hamlet being gone Laertes doesn't know who to take his rage on, nor does he know how to let it out making him bottle it up, giving him no control over his own actions. His rage convinces him that the king is right and that it is okay to poison Hamlet in an unfair fight where he doesn't know it's to the death. Leading not only to his death but those all around them. “Dear maid, kind sister, sweet Ophelia!/ O heavens,is’t possible a young maid’s wits/ Should be as mortal as (an old) man’s life?/

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