The author originally proposed a clock image, as time is such a key theme in the book. But ultimately the team that chose the tulip focused on the theme of loss. The image of the flower losing its petal was chosen to reflect that. They felt the fallen petal could also be interpreted to represent the drop of blood from Bella's paper cut in the first chapter. Eclipse -- The not-quite-broken ribbon on the cover of Eclipse is a metaphor for Bella trying to leave her human life behind her, but being unable to make a clean break.
There are some threads she is unable to cut - she can't completely divorce herself from her past. They show her moving from the least significant player, the pawn, at the beginning of the Saga to the most important player, the queen, at the end of the series. The chessboard also hints at Breaking Dawn's resolution, where the battle with the Volturi is one of wits and strategy, not physical violence. Twilight Series Related Clubs. Cookies help us bring you Fanpop. By using Fanpop, you agree to our use of cookies.
Learn More Got It! Taylor Lautner. The artwork team behind the ruffled tulip cover, however, explained that the tulip losing one of its petals represents Bella losing a drop of blood, which is a triggering event at the beginning of the story, with Jasper not able to control his instincts and Edward realizing he was putting Bella in danger. Some fans have interpreted the falling petal as a symbol of Bella losing Edward when he leaves, and even representing her tears. In addition to that, it represents the idea of Bella being unable to fully break away from her human life, no matter how much she desired to become a vampire.
Eclipse features and often debated moment among Twilight fans , in which Jacob overhears Edward and Bella discussing their engagement, and threatens to join the fight against the army of newborn vampires and be killed.
Bella stops him and kisses him, realizing that she loves him, yet she chooses to remain with Edward as her love for him is greater. By the end of the book, Bella tells Chalie she plans on marrying Edward, and Jacob runs away from the pack.
After years with no updates on it, Meyer finally announced that Midnight Sun was going to see the light in August To me it says: choice.
Jul 14, AM. AlbertaJenn wrote: "According to Stephenie Meyer herself: "The apple on the cover of Twilight represents "forbidden fruit. Jul 22, PM. When I first saw the cover in bookstores like 6 years ago, I always thought this book was a Snow White story, haha, but you know the red poisonous apple looks just like that apple on the cover! But after reading the book I completely understood.
I think all the covers are pretty in the series. They each have there own individual meaning and I love that! Jul 26, PM. Sep 20, PM. The cover of all the books have the same colors: red, black, white. Red represents Bella as a flagile little human on each cover and the white is power, vampire, immortal.
So on the cover of Twilight, the apple represents Bella and she is in Edwards hands. The meaning: Edward is tortured by her blood and wants it so badly and can have it just as easily she is in his hands and in his reach. Like the poison apple, if he eats her, he will feel poison and torment for what he did to her but it would satisfy his taste. Bella is the forbiddin fruit. The cover for New Moon is of a white and red flower Bella and Edward together. The newest book is black with a detailed pomegranate on the cover, and the design perfectly matches the others making the series look lovely when on the shelf.
However, the choice of the fruit was not simply to match the color palette of the rest. Like most of the other books, the cover choice is symbolic of the content. For those who didn't know, here are what each cover represents. TwilightThe iconic cover was chosen by Meyer herself and is laden with references. The book opens with a quote from Genesis and the apple represents the forbidden fruit from the Book of Genesis. The author expanded on her website that the apple "has so many symbolic roots.
Apples is quite a versatile fruit. In the end, I love the beautiful simplicity of the picture. To me it says: choice. The cover of the book has a glossy ruffled tulip, in the iconic red and white colour palette. The cover was not chosen by the author and we can assume the illustrator or designer wanted the falling petal to look like a drop of blood while still looking pretty, for though the story is about vampires, it's not violent or bloody in any way but filled with flowery prose on love and loss.
The book shows a fraying red ribbon across the cover. It's only held together by two strands and you would think it symbolises how Bella feels torn between her best friend Jacob and her boyfriend Edward. However, the author again said it symbolised choice- the choice between Jacob and Edward. The tearing symbolised how difficult it is for her to become a vampire and be torn away from her human life as well.
The last book in the series had a lot of conflict but outright fights were mostly avoided due to strategy, making the chessboard a perfect symbol. She began as the weakest at least physically, when compared to vampires and werewolves player on the board: the pawn. She ended as the strongest: the queen.
The cover of the latest book features a halved pomegranate and since it's another version of 'Twilight', keeping a symbolic fruit theme between the two versions of the story seems fitting. While the author hasn't posted on her website about the new cover, it's clearly detailed in the book. Any greek mythology enthusiast could have recognised the symbolism as well- it's a reference to the myth of Hades and Persephone. In the myth, Persephone eating a part of the pomegranate is symbolic of her committing herself to the underworld and Edward's inner monologue in the book shows he feels like he is choosing to be with her by drawing her into the vampire world, offering her a pomegranate to his own underworld.
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