Twilight Cover Art? What Does The Title Mean?

Question

What does the cover art for each book mean?

What does the title Mean? Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn?

i know breaking dawn is bella being the weakest player in the game and then she becomes the strongest, but what is it for rest?

Answer 1

Twilight:

The apple represents the forbidden fruit. Bella is Edward's forbidden fruit.

It also represents Bella's ability to judge right from wrong.

The title (copy&paste from Stephenie Meyer's website):

Twilight was not the easiest book to title. When I started sending out queries, I called it Forks for lack of a better idea. The first thing my agent advised me was that the title was going to have to change. We played around with a lot of different titles, and nothing seemed to convey the right feel. We brainstormed through emails for about a week. The word twilight was on a list of "words with atmosphere" that I sent her. Though these words were meant to be used in combination with something else, the word twilight stood out to both of us. We decided to try it out, and, after a little adjustment time, it started to work for both of us. It isn't absolutely perfect; to be honest, I don't think there is a perfect title for this book (or if there is, I've never heard it). When I look at the titles other countries have used (examples: Germany: Bis zum Morgengrauen which is "Until Dawn" or "Bite" if you add an "s" to make it "biss" (if you look at the German book cover on the Twilight International page); Finland: "Temptation;" France: "Fascination;" and Japan, which has split it into three separate books: "The Boy Whom I Love is a Vampire," "Blood Tastes Sadness," and "The Vampire Family in the Darkness."), it seems like I might be right about that. (Both New Moon and Eclipse were much easier to title, and the titles also fit better.)

New Moon:

The Flower doesn't represent anything, the publishers chose it.

Title: (copy&paste from SM's website) :

The term "new moon" refers to the phase of the moon opposite a full moon. It is when the sun is on the opposite side of the moon from us and thus the bright side of the moon is not visible from earth. This is the darkest kind of night. New Moon is the darkest period of Bella's life.

Eclipse:

Broken Ribbon: Represents Bella's choice between Edward&Jacob

It also represents the fact that Bella will never truly be able to break away from her human life completely

Title: Bella enters a more serious part of her life, and her new found understanding for her life, and her new feeling for Jacob are an 'Eclipse' of her life.

Breaking Dawn:

Cover: The little red pawn represents Bella as a human; fragile and easily defeat. The white Queen represents Bella as a vampire; strong, powerful, and unbeatable.

Title: When Dawn 'breaks', it's a new day. Bella's life in Breaking Dawn is completely new; being a vampire, Renesmee, etc.