Edward Cullen and his To-Be-Looked-At-Ness: Reversal of the cinematic gaze in Twilight
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Edward Cullen mania
- Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward in the film
- Bella played by the beautiful actress Kristen Stewart
- Rudolph Valentino as an early example of a male star
- Discussion about the story
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
Abstract
twilight is the unabashedly melodramatic, vampire-meets-girl love story of edward cullen and Bella Swan, and despite its clear success it still seems to be strange material for the first huge literary phenomenon of the twenty-first century. The author Stephenie Meyer has a tendency towards the archaic and the conventional in her thick prose; edward is constantly "smoldering" and "brooding," causing delicate, innocent Bella to swoon into his powerful arms-but, as edward's attraction to the smell of Bella's blood prevents them (for at least the first book) from consummating their relationship, the couple is forced to communicate their passion through pent-up looks. (Meyer is a devout Mormon, which has at least something to do with the sexy-abstinence current that runs through twilight.) edward watches Bella sleep; Bella watches edward as he takes off his shirt and allows his vampire skin to glitter in the sunlight: the movie is a succession of these gaze-centric scenes.
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