To Each His Own
Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs dictates the four different levels of progression that are required to achieve self-actualization. There are a number of different literary characters that were studied this semester that fit into Maslow's hierarchy and strive to achieve self-actualization. The first of all is the character Beowulf who actually achieves self-actualization for a brief time during his adventures. The most important to the human quest for self-actualization is the character Everyman who embodies all human beings on earth and possesses all of their qualities. The third is of course Macbeth, the character that drives himself insane trying to achieve what he views as self-actualization. All of these characters embody some form of the human quest for self-actualization. Some achieve it, some don't it's a question of their strengths and weaknesses. This is true of all humans, these characters demonstrate to us our own quest for self-actualization, some find it, others only experience a flash of enlightenment, and others are content with the level of the hierarchy of needs that they stand on. Some people are doomed to wander blindly in search of that final level on the list, never finding it until, like Macbeth
This states that there is no human embodiment that is more important than Good Deeds. Once his actions are found out, however, Macbeth drops all of the way down to psychological because he is no longer accepted by the public and he is no longer safe either. The second character in search of self-actualization is the title character from the play Everyman. The weakest character was the one who followed and guided Everyman to self-actualization. God is displeased with Everyman saying: "Drowned in sin, they know me not for their God; in worldly riches is all their mind, (Cassidy, 59). The final character whose quest for self-actualization was studied was the title character in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The first character on a quest for his own form of self-actualization is Beowulf, who strives for glory in defeating the monster Grendel and finally his mother. At the opening of the story when Everyman is visited by death, he is only on the psychological level of the hierarchy of needs. Finally, Good Deeds, and Knowledge agree to accompany the desperate Everyman. That play tells us that we can only achieve self-actualization when we die and are accepted into heaven. This symbolizes the ability of every man on earth to achieve self-actualization; they must simply go through the trials to do so. All fleeith save Good Deeds and that am I" (Cassidy, 77).
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