Psychology in Macbeth...

        Okay, I know like every single other student has probably written some generic thing about the 5 stages of grief or something simple about that, but I actually really want to tackle the very theory about Shakespeare's writings relating to psychology. Personally, first I think there are actually more than just 5 stages of grief, with shock in the beginning and testing being before acceptance. The point is, I think he did actually go through all of the SEVEN stages of grief very quickly, too.

-Shock/Pain was from the moment he heard of the information and realizing that life was cruel.
--"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more."
-Denial came from a weird combination from that as he signified that she should have died hereafter, wishing it didn't happen.
-Anger: It's pretty obvious but he is enraged by everyone around him in the slightest bit and hates life itself.
-Bargaining: Macbeth still wanting Lady to have been dead after anything else,.
-Depression: Still thinking about life as meaningless and controlled by an idiot, with life only being a tale of loud sounds and useless fury.
-TESTING*: Seeking realism in a situation, as in Macbeth wrapping up his grief and going on with his tasks, starting the actual climax of the ending, where the messenger finally tells Macbeth that the forest is outside.
-Acceptance: Now this is the part where I wanted to talk about, personally I really found it interesting reading a bit about whether or not the story actually had the 7 stages of grief. I wasn't going to do this blog if it wasn't for the moment when Macduff and Macbeth fight. At that moment, where Macduff explained his birth from his dead mother, I think that seriously is the moment where Macbeth accepts the fate the witches has cursed onto him, knowing that he can not win no matter what, going over the stage of TESTING. A sad but prideful acceptance to the end of everything.