Bella Swan
Bella Swan is the protagonist of Stephenie Meyer's *Twilight* series, a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire.
The name has become shorthand for a certain type of literary heroine—ordinary, clumsy, self-deprecating—whose appeal lies in her relatability rather than exceptional qualities: She's written as a Bella Swan type, blank enough for readers to project onto.
- EdwardTraditional masculine name
- TwilightVampire romance phenomenon
- vampireBlood-drinking undead creature
- vampire biteFanged creature's feeding wound
- CullenIrish surname
Jacob · love triangle · werewolf · Kristen Stewart · high school · clumsy · pale · mortal · prom · meadow · thirst · immortal · newborn · wedding · transformation · bloodlust · protection · danger
- Fictional VampiresDracula, Lestat, Carmilla, Nosferatu, Armand
- Teen HeroesHarry Potter, Hermione Granger, Katniss Everdeen, Percy Jackson, Buffy Summers
- twilightdusk, dawn, gloaming, eventide, nightfall
- literary loversRomeo, Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Lancelot and Guinevere, Heathcliff
Bella SwanBuffy Summers
Katniss Everdeen · Hermione Granger · Xena · Ellen Ripley · Sarah Connor
Bella SwanElizabeth Bennet
Jo March · Scarlett O'Hara · Jane Eyre · Scout Finch · Éowyn
bella, swan, swans, belle, belles, beau, beaux, beauty, beautiful