"Appearances are often deceiving."—Aesop
Who is Edward Cullen?
The vampire Edward Cullen is ensconced in Bella's narrative as the zenith of physical perfection. She catches glimpses of him from across the dining hall, sits next to him in class, and eventually burns with a yearning to lay her eyes on him time and time again. Throughout the book, many praises are given Edward's impeccable appearance as well as his physical strength.
As Bella says in the fourth chapter, page 79:
"I wasn’t interesting. And he was. Interesting… and brilliant… and mysterious… and perfect… and beautiful… and possibly able to lift full-sized vans with one hand."
The book focuses on Edward's physical appearance, especially in those scenes in which he glitters half-naked. Apparently the undead are made out of sequins? What is more, the book goes so far in mentioning every corporeal feature of Edward, that most of his characterization is muffled. After reading the book, his personality remains a mystery to me, other than that he's tense and brooding. His moral dilemma of "Bella: to bite or to bed?" is the only insight into who he is.
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