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How are "New Moon" and "Twilight" related to Evolution?

 

"Twilight" & "New Moon" By: Stephenie Meyer

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Posted by questionsss on Sunday May 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM and tagged with evolution, reference, twilight.

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  1. dswain001 Teacher
    Middle School

    eNotes Editor

    One could say that the vampiresin these novels have evolved. Consider the classic vampire charactaristics. They feed on human blood, live in dark, drafty castles, hunting at night and sleeping during the day. They cannot go into the sunlight and they shapeshift into bats. Pretty typical right? This characterization could pretty much apply to every vampire story or movie you have ever read or seen.

    However, the Vampires in Stephenie Meyer's novels have evolved into something totally different from the norm. Meyer has stepped away from garlic and holy water and created a vampire that some wouldn't mind running into. Perhaps this is what makes them so appealing?

    The vampires in Meyer's novels aren't some blood-thirsty monsters. They are young, attractive, intriguing...people. The Cullens aren't unlike many of the families that live in Forks. They live as a family, feeding off the blood of animals, not humans. The sun doesn't kill them. They have made their  home in a beautiful art-deco mini-mansion and they do not sleep in coffins packed with dirt. In fact, they don't sleep at all.

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    Posted by dswain001 on Sunday May 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM

  2. olie2401
    olie2401 Student
    College - Senior

    Vampires and Sexual Selection:
    Considering that vampires reproduce by biting their victims without killing them. Then any vampire that has a greater ability to bite their victims and control his urge to kill them would be able to produce more offspring. He would pass on his genetics and his offspring would then possess the same ability to control their urges and eventually outcompete other vampires. Over a period of time, this sexually advantagous trait would be amplified until eventually vampires would be able to easily control their need to feed on humans. This would contrast to Twilight portrayal of vampires as struggling to control their urge to bite bella.

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    Posted by olie2401 on Sunday June 14, 2009 at 11:26 PM