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supergrl
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High School - 10th Grade

Why is Rosalie jealous of Bella in the "Twilight" books?

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Posted by supergrl on Tuesday January 6, 2009 at 7:07 PM and tagged with analysis, characters, details, summary, twilight.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    Rosalie cannot understand why Bella is willing to give up her humanness to become a vampire. All Rosalie ever wanted was to be a mother, which she knows she can never be. So it makes her angry to see how little Bella values her life and possibilities. I think it is in book 3, "Eclipse," that Rosalie explains to Bella why she dislikes her so much and describes how she became a vampire.

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    Posted by linda-allen on Tuesday January 6, 2009 at 7:21 PM


  2. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    In chapter 15 we learn that Rosalie is jealous of Bella because Bella is human.  Rosalie has never really adjusted to the vampire transformation and would give anything to be "human."  Rosalie also has a concern about Bella being involved with Edward.  She is adamant that Bella will cause the Cullen family problems.  She does not agree with Bella'a desire to be "changed."  Rosalie is prejudice against Bella because she is human.  Rosalie carries this to the extreme when she doesn't want to help protect Bella against the "tracker" vampires.  She just wants Edward to stop seeing Bella and get her out of their lives.

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Tuesday January 6, 2009 at 7:35 PM

  3. poo02003
    poo02003 Teacher
    Middle School

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    Throughout theTwilight series, there is a continous conflict between Bella and Rosalie. This conflict is not explained until Rosalie tells Bella her story of how she became a vampire. Rosalie's greatest desire was to become a mother and live out her life, and she cannot understand why Bella would give up this opportunity for a simple human life and the chance to become a mother. 

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    Posted by poo02003 on Tuesday January 6, 2009 at 7:35 PM

  4. slchanmo1885
    slchanmo1885 Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    The passage that explains Rosalie's feelings is in Chapter 7 "Unhappy Ending" of Eclipse. Rosalie describes her human life in 1933, when she was proud and shallow, engaged to a man of a high social class who was handsome. It was a shallow engagement, based on social status instead of love. After her fiancee raped her, she was left for dead, and Carlisle found her. As a vampire, Rosalie had her revenge.

    She explains to Bella that she is jealous for several reasons, first, that Edward desired Bella, and not her. Even though Rosalie isn't in love with Edward, she couldn't imagine anyone not desiring her, because she is so beautiful. Second, she explains that she is envious of Bella because of her humanness, "Don't you see, Bella?...You already have everything. You have a whole life ahead of you -- everything I want. And you're going to throw it away. Can't you see that I'd trade everything I have to be you? You have the choice that I didn't have, and you're choosing wrong!" (Page 166).

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    Posted by slchanmo1885 on Tuesday January 6, 2009 at 7:49 PM

  5. neon-ice-cream
    neon-ice-cream Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    Rose is jealous of Bella because Bella has choices and she does not. All Rosalie wanted was to live a family life as a mother. She did not want to live eternally, and now Bella is saying that she wants to become a vampire and throw away her human life. Also Rosalie doesn't know why Edward likes Bella and not her because Rosalie belives she is more beautiful than most.

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    Posted by neon-ice-cream on Sunday January 11, 2009 at 6:44 AM


  6. bekkygirl1 Student
    High School - 10th Grade

    Supergrl,

       Rosalie is not jealous of Bella. She is mad that Edward told Bella the Cullens' secret, as it could cause them problems if the world found out what they really are. She is mad that Bella is willing to thow her life away to become a vampire, which Rosalie considers a curse.

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    Posted by bekkygirl1 on Tuesday January 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM

  7. futuremrscullen
    futuremrscullen Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    because she did not want to be a vampire and bella has a choice to become one or stay and rosalie wishes she had that same choice

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    Posted by futuremrscullen on Thursday March 12, 2009 at 7:49 AM

  8. sista10s
    sista10s Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    BASICALLY; Rosalie wants to be a human. &&she hates Bella for being a human; and wanting to give that up.

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    Posted by sista10s on Saturday March 14, 2009 at 9:25 PM


  9. xxalannahxx Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    She isnt jealous of her she explains it in the last chapter of New Moon. When Bella asks all the Cullens to put her mortality to a vote Rosalie says she doesnt want her to become a vampire for the simple reason being she has a choice and if Rosalie had a choice she wouldnt have become a vampire. Does that explain it?

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    Posted by xxalannahxx on Wednesday March 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM

  10. brakingdawn2
    brakingdawn2 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    because rosalie was the most popular and most beautiful and every guy wanted to be with her but when she met eward he showed no entrest in her so she is upset that edward thinks od bella more then her

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    Posted by brakingdawn2 on Saturday March 21, 2009 at 4:40 PM

  11. myranda19
    myranda19 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    rosalie is jealous of bella because rosalie would trade everything to be a human and be like bella

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    Posted by myranda19 on Thursday April 2, 2009 at 3:31 PM