Those Who Must Be Obeyed

Those Who Must Be Obeyed Chapter 7
The Volturi and the Corruption of Power

The first time we read of the Cullens a mere handful of pages into Twilight, we encounter the language of the angelic. The Cullens are beautiful in the manner of angels in a Renaissance masterpiece. With their marble skin, stunning hair, and mesmerizing eyes they are “devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful” (Twilight, 19). When they are in the room, it is hard to look away, partly because of their appearance and partly because of their unspoken power. Several times Meyer uses the word “angel” to describe how Bella sees Edward...