A Literary Analysis of Stephenie Meyer’s "Breaking Dawn" from a Gender Perspective: Female Emancipation or False Liberation?
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This essay takes as its starting point John Stephens’ schema of masculine and feminine traits.
The main character in Breaking Dawn, Bella and Edward, will be analysed according to
Stephens’ description of masculine and feminine character traits. I will also draw on an
analysis of one of the earliest novels about vampires, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, to see how
Meyer’s characters compare to Stoker’s. Several essays analysing the Twilight series are also
used.
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gender, Breaking Dawn, vampires, sexuality, Stephenie Meyer