A study of Macbeth's reflections in cinema in the context consciousness of death

Human is a creature who is predestined to death. Death has a place in human's life as the truth which is as real and inevitable as the life itself. Since death has such an active position in human's life, by affecting all of his actions, death becomes a part of his identity. This phenomenon which is in the center point of existence opens up an questioning on whether life is worth for living or not. The passing of life and the end of man causes all actions in world to turn into absurdity. Individuals who continue to do the same acts everyday and struggle to create common meanings with others are imprisoned in this vicious circle. Albeit, after at the very time of this questioning rises a new awareness which makes it possible to seize a chance to take a step towards a meaningful life. Because to live life with the awareness of it's passing gives man a reason to present a meaning.Since life is temporal and man is mortal, a man has a chance to have meaningful actions in the time and locations of his own and to justify his life. If the opposite happens, death as a reality is ignored, people drag their existence towards nothingness for the temporal wordly materials which have no meanings. Thus they go after the ordinary and meaningless actions and they cannot justify their existence. To have the consciousness of death is important in this matter. With death, man activates his limited existence, he finds out a way to create permanent meanings. He can only transcend himself with the consciousness of death. Thus in this thesis, first of all the ideas of philosophers on the consciousness of death throughout intellectual history are utilized, after then through Shakespeare's Macbeth the effect of the consciousness of death on people has been studied in a detailed manner by the reflection of literary works and the pictures.