what do all the twilight saga 4 books cover symbolize ?
Twilight
The apple on the cover of Twilight represents "forbidden fruit." I used the scripture from Genesis (located just after the table of contents) because I loved the phrase "the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil." Isn’t this exactly what Bella ends up with? A working knowledge of what good is, and what evil is. The nice thing about the apple is it has so many symbolic roots. You’ve got the apple in Snow White, one bite and you’re frozen forever in a state of not-quite-death… Then you have Paris and the golden apple in Greek mythology—look how much trouble that started. Apples are quite the versatile fruit. In the end, I love the beautiful simplicity of the picture. To me it says: choice. (From Stephanie Meyer’s Website)
New Moon
I believe it represents the loss of innocence, the bloom of childhood, as Bella is growing up and as she is reaching adulthood she is no longer as innocent to the ways of the Vampire world and the human world that surround her. I think it is the loss of this naive outlook that is depicted by the petals dropping from the flower.
Obviously, as for colour choices the white would represent the innocence and the red the blood and the knowledge of vampires. You could also argue that the red represents human life and that the white represents the deathly, ghostly pale of the vampire life and the petals dropping mean it is slowly (human life) slipping away from her.
On a more childish note, you could argue that she is playing the "Loves me, loves me not" game 
Not my personal choice, but it could be argued none the less.
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there isnt a true meaning for the bloody tulip. Stephenie had no say in the cover. but the title itself has a meaning. the new moon is the darkest time in the lunar cycle. so it represents the darkest time in Bella’s life since Edward left. but if you want my opinion about the tulip i would say it represents how bella was left "bleeding" when Edward left.
(Two answers on yahoo answers)
Q. What kind of flower is that on the cover, and what does it mean?
A. That is a ruffled tulip. As for the meaning… If you’ve read the Twilight FAQ, you know that the apple cover had a lot of meaning for me, and I was an active part of the covering process. However, that experience is more the exception than the rule in the publishing world. Something to keep in mind if you intend to embark on a career as a writer: lots of things you might expect to be under your control are not. Covers, for example. Those are mostly up to the publisher and the marketing and sales departments. So I don’t know what the tulip means—I didn’t have anything to do with this one.
Q. What does the title refer to? Is it a werewolf reference?
A. Nope. The term "new moon" refers to the phase of the moon opposite a full moon. It is when the sun is on the opposite side of the moon from us and thus the bright side of the moon is not visible from earth. This is the darkest kind of night. New Moon is the darkest period of Bella’s life.
(From Stephanie Meyer’s website)
Eclipse
the tearing ribbon represents choice. Bella has to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob. she can’t decide therefore the ribbon is tearing.
Breaking Dawn
here’s my theory. the red pawn in the background represents Bella as a human. she’s weak, warm, and she blushes a lot. The white queen in the front represents Bella as a vampire. she’s strong, cold, hard, and pale. it represents her transition into a new life as a vampire with Edward forever!
(From Yahoo Answers)
What does the cover mean?
Breaking Dawn’s cover is a metaphor for Bella’s progression throughout the entire saga. She began as the weakest (at least physically, when compared to vampires and werewolves) player on the board: the pawn. She ended as the strongest: the queen. In the end, it’s Bella that brings about the win for the Cullens.
(From Stephanie Meyer’s Website)
Sorry, I know it’s long, but I tried to be thorough.
I think the only one with real significance is the cover of Twilight and it’s symbolizing the forbidden fruit
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Twilight
The apple on the cover of Twilight represents "forbidden fruit." I used the scripture from Genesis (located just after the table of contents) because I loved the phrase "the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil." Isn’t this exactly what Bella ends up with? A working knowledge of what good is, and what evil is. The nice thing about the apple is it has so many symbolic roots. You’ve got the apple in Snow White, one bite and you’re frozen forever in a state of not-quite-death… Then you have Paris and the golden apple in Greek mythology—look how much trouble that started. Apples are quite the versatile fruit. In the end, I love the beautiful simplicity of the picture. To me it says: choice. (From Stephanie Meyer’s Website)
New Moon
I believe it represents the loss of innocence, the bloom of childhood, as Bella is growing up and as she is reaching adulthood she is no longer as innocent to the ways of the Vampire world and the human world that surround her. I think it is the loss of this naive outlook that is depicted by the petals dropping from the flower.
Obviously, as for colour choices the white would represent the innocence and the red the blood and the knowledge of vampires. You could also argue that the red represents human life and that the white represents the deathly, ghostly pale of the vampire life and the petals dropping mean it is slowly (human life) slipping away from her.
On a more childish note, you could argue that she is playing the "Loves me, loves me not" game
Not my personal choice, but it could be argued none the less.
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there isnt a true meaning for the bloody tulip. Stephenie had no say in the cover. but the title itself has a meaning. the new moon is the darkest time in the lunar cycle. so it represents the darkest time in Bella’s life since Edward left. but if you want my opinion about the tulip i would say it represents how bella was left "bleeding" when Edward left.
(Two answers on yahoo answers)
Q. What kind of flower is that on the cover, and what does it mean?
A. That is a ruffled tulip. As for the meaning… If you’ve read the Twilight FAQ, you know that the apple cover had a lot of meaning for me, and I was an active part of the covering process. However, that experience is more the exception than the rule in the publishing world. Something to keep in mind if you intend to embark on a career as a writer: lots of things you might expect to be under your control are not. Covers, for example. Those are mostly up to the publisher and the marketing and sales departments. So I don’t know what the tulip means—I didn’t have anything to do with this one.
Q. What does the title refer to? Is it a werewolf reference?
A. Nope. The term "new moon" refers to the phase of the moon opposite a full moon. It is when the sun is on the opposite side of the moon from us and thus the bright side of the moon is not visible from earth. This is the darkest kind of night. New Moon is the darkest period of Bella’s life.
(From Stephanie Meyer’s website)
Eclipse
the tearing ribbon represents choice. Bella has to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob. she can’t decide therefore the ribbon is tearing.
Breaking Dawn
here’s my theory. the red pawn in the background represents Bella as a human. she’s weak, warm, and she blushes a lot. The white queen in the front represents Bella as a vampire. she’s strong, cold, hard, and pale. it represents her transition into a new life as a vampire with Edward forever!
(From Yahoo Answers)
What does the cover mean?
Breaking Dawn’s cover is a metaphor for Bella’s progression throughout the entire saga. She began as the weakest (at least physically, when compared to vampires and werewolves) player on the board: the pawn. She ended as the strongest: the queen. In the end, it’s Bella that brings about the win for the Cullens.
(From Stephanie Meyer’s Website)
Sorry, I know it’s long, but I tried to be thorough.
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well the first one symbolizes search bar and so does the other three =]
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Twilight- the apple symbolizes the forbidden fruit, like from the bible, such as edward and bellas forbidden love
New Moon- that cover was not done by Stephenie Meyer, it means nothing
Eclipse-once again is was not done by Stephenie
Breaking Dawn’s cover is a metaphor for Bella’s progression throughout the entire saga. She began as the weakest (at least physically, when compared to vampires and werewolves) player on the board: the pawn. She ended as the strongest: the queen. In the end, it’s Bella that brings about the win for the Cullens.
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Well in my opinion, I think the hands offering the Apple is like Eve tempting Adam (Bella tempting Edward to forgo his vow not to hurt humans). The New Moon cover is a dying flower, and that symbolizes her heart breaking through most of the book after Edward leaves her. Eclipse is a cover of a red ribbon falling. I think that symbolizes the blood that is spilled in the newborn war. And finally, on the cover of Breaking Dawn, it is a picture of a chess piece. This to me, symbolizes the strategy that went into the final battle with the Volturi, outwitting them.
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The first one symbolizes The Forbidden Fruit.
I don’t know about the rest…sorry:)
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Stephenie Meyer, the author, has a website, stepheniemeyer.com , where she explains exactly this about the book probably wayyy better than I ever could.
Check it out, she answers ally of questions like this in her FAQ sections.
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Stepheniemeyer.com