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mcclare34 said:
Twilight- Stephenie Meyer has stated that the apple on the cover represents the forbidden fruit from the book of Genesis. It symbolizes Bella and Edward's love, which is forbidden, similar to the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, as is implied by the quote from Genesis 2:17 that is quoted at the beginning of the book. It also represents Bella's knowledge of what good and evil are, and the choice that she has in partaking of the "forbidden fruit", Edward, or choosing not to see him
New Moon- stephenie said she had no choice in her cover art on her website and that she doesn't know what it means.
but here....
The meaning of tulips is generally perfect love. Like many flowers, different colors of tulips also often carry their own significance. Red tulips are most strongly associated with true love... White tulips are used to claim worthiness or to send a message of forgiveness. Variegated tulips, once among the most popular varieties due to their striking color patterns, represent beautiful eyes.A Turkish legend may be responsible for the red tulip's symbolism. The story goes that a prince named Farhad was love struck by a maiden named Shirin. When Farhad learned that Shirin had been killed, he was so overcome with grief that he killed himself - riding his horse over the edge of a cliff. It's said that a scarlet tulip sprang up from each droplet of his blood, giving the red tulip the meaning "perfect love."
Eclipse- The broken ribbon represents choice, as in the book Bella must choose between her love for the vampire Edward Cullen, and her friendship/love with the werewolf Jacob Black. Meyer also stated that the ribbon represents the idea that Bella can't break away completely from her human life.
Breaking Dawn- Breaking Dawn's cover is a metaphor for Bella's progression throughout the entire saga. 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. In the end, it's Bella that brings about the win for the Cullens.
As far as I can tell it's a portrayal of bella, since the book revolves mainly around her. I think that the pawn shows her as her human self, weak, vulnerable, and not as able as other pieces in the sence that the pawn has a very limited range of motion. On the other hand, the queen is the most powerful piece, with the least limited range of motion of any chess piece. I think that this represents bella as a vampire, since she is so strong. Also, the colour seems to back this point up. Bella was always blushing as a human, hence the red pawn, it represents the blood running through her...then, when she becomes a vampire the blood is gone and she becomes as pale as the other vampires, hence the white queen.
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