Bella Swan | The Science Of Fangirling

A constructive analysis of all the Book Covers and Book Titles in the Twilight Saga for all those Die-hard Twilight Fans out there.

Twilight:

Book Title: The title ‘Twilight’ because its the end of one day. It is the safest time for Vampires to roam freely above the Earth.

Cover Title: The apple represents the ‘Forbidden Fruit’.

“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, though shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2:17

In the story of The Garden of Eden, in the Bible, the apple was a forbidden fruit. Adam and Eve eat it anyway, even though they know they are not supposed too. Similarly Edward and Bella’s love is forbidden too. However, they overlook this and decide to to be with each other, fully aware of its drastic and deadly consequences.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon:

Book Title: The Book was titled ‘New Moon’ as it was a dark phase in Bella’s life, the time when there was darkness in her life, just like the moon’s phase New Moon, when the moon is not visible, when there is darkness. This was the phase in Bella’s life, when Edward had left her and she was completely shattered.

Book Cover: The tulip, on the book’s cover, symbolises love. Red tulips represent true love whereas white tulips represent forgiveness. The tulip on the book’s cover is both red and white which means it symbolises true love and forgiveness. The Red petals falling off, give the impression of a bleeding Bella who was broken after Edward left her. The white in the flower also shows the pale Bella, who was pretty much at that time, depressed.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse:

Book Title: In a solar eclipse the moon stands between the sun and the earth thereby blocking the sun’s light to the earth. In the book Edward is the moon. He overshadows Jacob, since Bella loves him more than she loves Jacob. There is a point in the novel when Bella refers to Jacob as her personal sun. Jacob says that he may be her sun, but he is helpless during an eclipse.

Book Cover: The Cover represents Bella torn between two people – Edward and Jacob. She is hanging on by merely a few threads. It also symbolises Bella breaking away from her human life.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn:

Book Title: This book represented the turning point in Bella and Edward’s life when everything was initially dark, but eventually brightened as they started a new life together. It was the start of a new day for them, for everyone.

Book Cover: The Book Cover shows a pawn, the weakest player on the board, and the queen, the strongest player on the board. These game pieces represent Bella’s progression after she becomes a vampire. She initially started off as the weakest player in the game, i.e. she was a vulnerable new-born Vampire like a pawn. However as the story progresses she establishes herself as the strongest player in the game, the Queen, when she overcomes her thirst for blood and when she uses her potential talent to enable her side to win.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn is definitely a must watch for all the die-hard twilight fans. Director Bill Condon gets together an ensemble cast for the fourth installment in the Twilight Series. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner reprise their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black.

In the fourth installment in the franchise, Bella Swan gets married to her long-time Vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen. However things once again take an unexpected wild turn when Bella discovers that she is pregnant with a child. This further fuels the much needed antagonism from the wolves who decide to kill the unborn child, which they assume poses a threat to them, along with Bella. This leads to Jacob and Seth, and later on Leah, breaking away from their pack to forewarn the Cullens. Meanwhile, the fetus adversely affects Bella’s health, leaving her on the brink of death. Finally, the Cullens succeed in transforming Bella into a vampire after getting the fetus out of her.

The movie essentially lacks the subtlety of the novel. Despite the brilliant locations and amazing effects, you do not connect to the movie in the way you connect to the book. Kristen Stewart’s Acting has simply degraded. Bella’s emotions and feelings are the last thing one can see on her face. Taylor Lautner has done a better job by not giving his usual shirtless shot. He has actually managed to deliver some degree of acting. A clear improvement on his part. So leave it to Robert Pattinson to save the film. His acting is the only thing which helps you in believing that this film is actually an adaptation of a novel which you happened to read. The charisma with which he portrays the flawless Edward Cullen is undoubtedly the best thing in the film. The rest of the Cullen cast, too have done an exceptionally good job in managing to keep the film on the track. Booboo Stewart returns as Seth Clearwater. He, too has delivered an outstanding performance of easing the tension during critical times.

The decision of splitting the last novel into two parts could have been beneficial for the franchise, however the film majorly lacked in putting together the humorous elements along with the tense atmosphere.

Nonetheless,the movie did have its plus points. This was the first movie where we got a proper ‘inside look’ of the wolf pack. Hats off to the cinematography. It has definitely managed to capture the audience’s attention. Foreign locations have also been carefully chosen to give the film its much needed look. Overall the movie is a one time watch for those who aren’t twilight fans. But its clearly a must-watch for the twihards.