Again, please take caution when reading this post if you have not completed the books below. *Spoilers included*
Eclipse and Robert Frost
~ Fire and Ice ~
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if I had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
I instantly fell in love with this poem after I read it. And I can totally see why Meyer chose this to get the reader thinking at the beginning of the book.
Meyer took this poem, and practically created two characters out of it. Jacob Black, Bella's werewolf friend whose skin is hot, fits the role of "fire" and Edward Cullen, Bella's vampire boyfriend who can easily turn his body as hard as stone, and skin is cold, takes on the part of "ice".
In the end of the book, Bella agrees to marry Edward, therefore choosing ice over fire. The line "but if I had to perish twice" comes into play in the sense that Bella decides to leave her human life behind, in order to become a vampire and stay with Edward forever. Therefore, she has lived two lives or "perish[ed] twice".
In the end of the book, Bella agrees to marry Edward, therefore choosing ice over fire. The line "but if I had to perish twice" comes into play in the sense that Bella decides to leave her human life behind, in order to become a vampire and stay with Edward forever. Therefore, she has lived two lives or "perish[ed] twice".
Breaking Dawn and Famous Works of Literature
Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age
The child is grown, and puts away childish things.
Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
This poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay appears as the opening to Book One of Breaking Dawn. The first connection the reader should make is the last line of the poem. Edward, who became an immortal vampire at the age of 17, is frozen as a child forever. When Bella becomes a vampire in the third part of the book, she also directly relates to the line "Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies."
On a more indirect note, Edward and Bella's child Renesmee is half human, half vampire. In that case, she grew up very quickly, as she was only a few weeks old, and already walking. Like her parents, she is also immortal, but only after she is fully grown.
And yet, to say the truth,
reason and love keep little company together nowadays.
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer's Night's Dream
Act III, Scene i
This quote from A Midsummer's Night's Dream heads off Jacob's section of the fourth and final Twilight book.
When Jacob comes to see Bella at the Cullen's house, she is always so excited to see him, although she is already married to Edward. Jacob explains that this reaction only makes it harder for him to forget about her and accept the fact that she has chosen someone else. He knows he needs to stay away (his reason or common sense tells him so) but his love is too strong for her.
Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after
all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone
you love is a hostage, sapping your courage
and corrupting your judgement.
Orson Scott Card
Empire
This section of Card's Empire is found upon turning to the first page of Book Three. The reader will find a direct connection between this quote and the last few pages of the book. After escaping the Voulturi, Bella, Edward and Renesmee can now live a "happily ever after" in their cottage for all of eternity.
Until they escaped the Voulturi, they were all in danger or a "hostage" as Card likes to put it. Throughout the entire series, Bella often told the reader that Edward was the best kind of distraction. She said that in kissing him, she forgot everything, even her own name. In a sense, Edward was "sapping [her] courage and corrupting [her] judgement."
Have more thoughts on the themes and connections between the Twilight books? Post your comments below!
To read my thoughts on the first two books click here.
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