Everymans suffering

The Stages of Grief

Sprinkles Scrubs Everyman Even though Everyman
clearly knows who death is, he refuses to accept it, questioning Death's credentials. "Whose messenger art thou?" he asks. "I know thee not," he continues, somewhat defiant.

DENIAL

DENIAL is a refusal to The young girl protests that Sprinkles is not dead, that accept facts, Sprinkles is merely sleeping. information, reality, etc., relating to the situation She shows an inability to accept that her fish is dead concerned. It's a defense she is unable to mentally process this information. mechanism and perfectly natural. ANGER can manifest in When her mother continues to insist that Sprinkles is different ways. People dead, she shows resistance dealing with emotional a little bit of anger towards upset can be angry with her mother. She also pushes her mother. the idea of a could also sobbing replacement themselves, and/or with Her out of the picture. She fishinterpreted as a little be others, especially those mightself-anger for flushing bit of also be crying at herself, angry the toilet. her fish down that she close to them.
flushed her fish.

Everyman, finding his death

imminent, and forsaken by friends, shows anger. He bemoans his fate, saying "Fellowship thus forsaketh me in my utmost need." Everyman also rails at death in anger. "Shall I have no longer respite! I may say Death gives no warning!"

ANGER

Traditionally the (I can't hear clearly in this bit, so I might be wrong) BARGAINING stage can It seems the little girl says, involve attempting to "If I prayed, Sprinkles might still be alive." She then bargain with whatever proceeds to pray for that God the person believes her fish will "Come back, and never be dead again." in. People facing less serious trauma can bargain or seek to negotiate a compromise (e.g. "Can we still be friends?..") DEPRESSION is the dress This little girl shows rehearsal or the practice depression by sitting on the couch. She also lingers run for the 'aftermath'. by the toilet, wishing that her fish was back home. It's natural to feel feels uncertain sadness and regret, fear, Shedecision to flushabout her the fish uncertainty, etc. It away, crying. shows that the person This may be because she has only now started to has at least begun to accept that her fish is gone. accept the reality.

Everyman pleads for more time.

He appeals, "In thy power it lieth to save me yet." He tries to bribe Death. "My goods I will give thee ... a thousand pounds shalt thou get!" He also protests that his book is not ready, saying that if he had more time he would get it clearer.

BARGAINING

DEPRESSION

"My heart is sore," cries Everyman, as Death pronounces his fate. "That I may escape this endless sorrow!" Pleading, bargaining have all come to naught, his depression is crushing his soul.

ACCEPTANCE contains an The little girl, Bridgette, finally indication that there is accepts her fish's death, going over to the fish tank some emotional to observe her fish's absence and the presence of the new detachment and objectivity. People dying fish swimming inside it. Also she still expresses can enter this stage a grief, she sits on the couch and seeks comfort instead long time before the of displaying it in other ways. people they leave behind.

Eventually when presented with the companion, Good Deeds, that will accompany him to the grave, finally accepts his death and commends his soul to God. "Into thy hands, Lord, my soul I commend! Receive it, Lord! Let it not be lost! As thou didst me buy, so do thou me defend, and save me from the fiend's (presumably, Satan's) boast."

ACCEPTANCE