Bella Swan: She is the main character of the story. She is a teenage girl who moves from Phoenix to Forks ( lives with her father whose name is Charlie)
She falls in love with Edward Cullen, the boy in her high school. He is a mysterious boy she discovers to be a vampire and he is in an attempt to protect Bella from his dangerous lifestyle, Edward leaves her. Bella falls into a depression and is comforted by her friend, Jacob Black. She comes to love Jacob as well, though not as deeply as she loves Edward.
Edward Cullen: He was born in 1901 in Chicago and is frozen in his 17-year-old body. While dying of the Spanish influenza, he was changed into a vampire by Dr. Carlisle. Edward has the special ability to read minds, with the exception of Bella Swan's. He
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He is a Native American and a werewolf, later revealed to be a shape-shifter as he doesn't transform on the full moon. Jacob is a Bella's forgotten childhood friend. Bella flirts with Jacob, and he tells her secrets about them being vampires.
Carlisle Cullen: The is Esme's husband and Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper's adoptive. His physical age is 23. He has blond hair and he is muscular. Carlisle theorizes that when a human is turned into a vampire, they will have an enhanced ability from their previous life.
Esme Cullen: She is Carlisle Cullen's wife and the adoptive mother of Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper. Her physical age is 26. She has no special power. Also, she treats Bella as her own daughter and she tries comforting her.
Rosalie Hale : She is the adopted daughter of Esme and Carlisle, adoptive sister of Edward, Alice, and Jasper, and wife of Emmett. Her physical age is 18, and she was born in 1915 in New York. Rosalie is described as being the most beautiful person in the world. She is tall and has long, wavy blonde hair. Rosalie is jealous of Bella's humanity and she doesn't want to Bella choose a life as a
He is quite committed to the goal of rebuilding Spectre at this point, but having to gather the money and supervise the rebuilding did not allow him to contact his family, drawing him ever closer to an affair, and just distracting the problems he faced, allowing them to accumulate, as shown in the lake. Strangely the family of Edward seems to understand that water is his life. In many of the scenes where Edward is dying, they are quite observant of his water levels. When Edward submerges himself in water in his bathtub, Sandra cries, ‘I don’t think I’ll ever dry out.’. By immersing himself in water, Edward shows he is trying to hang on to the fragments of life he has left, and Sandra shows her reluctant understanding. In the last scene Ed is alive, we see him refuse a cup of water offered by his son, and ultimately make up with Will through a story they both create. His refusal of the glass of water is his acceptance of death, and seeing as how he prioritised a story he shared with his son, he most likely only lived those past years to try to reconcile with him - something only understood after realising the importance of water as a symbol in this
Just some of The vampire’s numerous powers are: He can turn humans into the Undead, he is virtually immortal, he has the ability to grow younger by drinking blood, he casts no shadow, he casts no reflection, he has the ability to crawl along walls, he has the ability to control animals, he can control the weather and he also has the power to transform his own shape. Here we can see these powers.
Countee Cullen was possibly born on May 30, although because of different accounts of the actual date in his early life, a general application of the year of his birth as 1903 is reasonable. He was either born in New York, Baltimore, or Lexington, Kentucky. Although his late wife was convinced that he was born in Lexington. Cullen was possibly abandoned by his mother, and raised by a woman named Mrs. Porter. Mrs. Porter was thought to be his paternal grandmother.
From the very beginning, Edward is cast as the monster – but is he really? We first see Edward when Peg searches for the owner of a dark, ominous, gothic mansion. She climbs up a set of gigantic spiral stairs that lead to “Edward’s room”. The setting is quite dark and the only lighting is coming through a gaping hole in the roof. Her curiosity gets the better of her, and as she examines this foreign place, we can hear in the bac...
On Sept. 7th 1533, Elizabeth, the daughter of King Henry was born. The King of England wasn’t as thrilled since she wasn’t a boy, who would mean an heir to the throne, but it was still okay. Due to the fact that after 2 more births that resulted in death, Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1936 when Elizabeth was only 3 years old. As her father continued to remarry, divorce, and execute his wives, one more child would be born, resulting to Elizabeth having one sister, Mary, and a new born brother named Edward. After Edward was born, his mother Jane died. She was known for being the one wife that Henry actually loved. Elizabeth grew into a very smart girl. She was known as Bess as times spoke Latin, French, German, and Henry gave her a tutor to study with. Along with everything else, she developed a temper that would help her later on as being a Queen.
a vampire to fly it requires lots of energy and a great force of will Lestat
In particular, this theme is revealed in many occasions in the book. On page 56, Edward comes out of nowhere and saves Bella from a car accident that potentially could have taken her life. “Two long, white hands shot out protectively in front of me, and the van shuddered to a stop…” In similarity, towards the end of the movie, Edward saves Bella (who is alone) from being attacked by James. This makes us ask, “How are both of these scenes related?” However, both of these scenes are prominent in the movie and the book because they are so vital to the story. This shows how despite being far away, his protectiveness over Bella made him save her. This inflicts very positive characteristics on Edward, such as: bravery, selflessness, and compassion. The idea of love is what caused him to commit irrational actions in the most necessary
mean that he is any less of a vampire. Instead, it is important to understand that he is a vampire, in a metaphorical sense, representative of abstract concepts. For this reason, it is particularly important to look beyond the stereotyped vampire and realize vampires come in more than one given form.
Edward VI is Elizabeth’s young and unhealthy half-brother. Edward actually is first crowned as king after their father dies. Since he was still somewhat young, he would’ve been able to be manipulated and influenced by others with royal ambitions. But everything changes when he passes away from illnesses while he was still quite young.
Edward was bitten at 17, and never labeled as horrifying. Twilight vampires are “devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful”.
Similar to Dracula, Twilight’s vampires have many of the same characteristics. The vampires in Dracula and Twilight both are very pale. People in both books often mention how pale the vampires are. Along with pale skin their skin is usually very tough. This meaning that it is very strong and does
He is an undead centuries-old vampire who sleeps in a coffin in the basement, can assume the form of animals, control the weather and is stronger than twenty men, he cannot come into a house unless invited, he cannot walk in water and his favorite meal is human blood, which these traits are consistent with his portrayal in both the novel and the movie (Stoker). Although the novel and movie share many likenesses with Count Dracula’s character there are some unique qualities that are slightly different the book describes a shadow coordinated with Count Dracula’s body while in the movie his shadow works separately from his body movements (“Dracula (Universal Classics)”). Another feature of Count Dracula’s character in the novel is that he cannot be in or near the sunlight or it will kill him, but in the movie, he meets Mina in the daytime and it does not harm him (Bram Stoker’s). Nevertheless, in the book Dracula is a pure evil, terrifying blood hungry monster that wreaks havoc on anyone he meets and feels the need to take life or end life with his arch nemesis being with anyone who wants to preserve life (Stoker). But in the movie when he meets Mina on the streets of London, he pursues her, starts a courtship with Mina and he falls in love with her so when he
Twilight vampires do not have fangs. They do not sleep in coffins. They can see in darkness. Some have their own unique powers. They also have a reflection in mirrors, and they can be seen in pictures. There are vegetarian vampires that do not drink human blood. These vampires are not harmed by sunlight, garlic, and holy items or stakes. They can eat human food. These are a few similarities and differences in the novel Dracula and the movie/novel Twilight.
Just like in any relationship, the concept of trust is an effectual factor in starting and developing a healthy and romantic relationship. In the movie, when Edward and Bella had a biological class together this aspect drew the two together, and the trust factor emerged at the first sight. The scent of Bella had an intense influence on Edward, for he is a vampire in nature. Moreover, it seemed as if Bella was the one Edward was waiting for a long time. Edward left school for a few days because the scent of Bella was too strong for him, and upon his return to school, he avoided stating the truth of why he was away from school. Edward stated, “He had to get out of the town for personal reasons and just in few days” (Blasingame et al. 57).
Elizabeth-She is Hooper’s fiancé at the beginning of the story but ends up breaking up with him. Throughout the story she remains in love with him and takes care of him when he becomes sick.