Focus: Relationship between Death&Rebirth

Because death/rebirth is such a universal theme, I decided to utilize this post to discuss my thoughts on the relationship between the concepts.
When a theme is presented in two parts usually it will include conflicting points or opposites. (Ex: Light/Dark
Power/Powerlessness)
Often these ideas act as opposing forces with are in a constant battle with one another, but from the way I see it, the themes of death and rebirth seem to work together in efforts to keep up with the natural flow of life. Although death is portrayed mostly as something to be feared and respected because of its inevitability,death provides the way for rebirth to occur. These concepts work together in a system, which death remains as an independent variable and rebirth depends on death to set the path for that which will be raised again. Death can happen without help from rebirth, but rebirth is nothing without death's legacy set before it. Rebirth is interesting because it is almost like a fresh start, where the burdens of life suddenly go away and are replaced with better habits, ideas, and entire thought processes which will carry us through times that will be rough. Death is not something that can be hidden from or shunned, so through our short amount of time here we should seek rebirth to reform ourselves into the best that we can be. These themes are not opposites, but instead they work together to create a larger picture beyond a story that has both death and rebirth.