Eclipse Characters: Full List & Analysis

Who drives the story

Main characters

Bella Swan

A human teenager caught between a vampire who wants to marry her and a werewolf who wants her to choose him. She finally admits she loves them both, picks Edward, and sets her transformation in motion.

Appears in:: Part 1: The Note and the Confession; Part 2: Victoria's Shadow and Two Histories; Part 3: An Uneasy Alliance, a Tent in the Mountains; Part 4: The Clearing, the Choice, the Goodbye
Themes:: Choosing between loves; What immortality costs; Enemies making peace; Growing up and letting go

Edward Cullen

Bella's vampire fiancé, who suspects the Seattle murders are newborn vampires and fights Victoria to the death to protect Bella. He agrees to change her after their wedding.

Appears in:: Part 1: The Note and the Confession; Part 2: Victoria's Shadow and Two Histories; Part 3: An Uneasy Alliance, a Tent in the Mountains; Part 4: The Clearing, the Choice, the Goodbye
Themes:: Enemies making peace

Jacob Black

The Quileute shape-shifter who confesses his love, gets a kiss, and loses Bella to Edward anyway. Heartbroken, he runs away in wolf form in the epilogue.

Appears in:: Part 1: The Note and the Confession; Part 3: An Uneasy Alliance, a Tent in the Mountains; Part 4: The Clearing, the Choice, the Goodbye
Themes:: Choosing between loves; Growing up and letting go

Victoria

The vengeful vampire raising an army of newborns to kill Bella for James's death. She tracks Bella to the mountain clearing, where Edward kills her.

Appears in:: Part 2: Victoria's Shadow and Two Histories; Part 3: An Uneasy Alliance, a Tent in the Mountains; Part 4: The Clearing, the Choice, the Goodbye
Themes:: Newborn rage and control

Jasper Cullen

The Cullens' tactician, created in the Confederate Army under Maria in the Southern vampire wars. He trains the vampires and wolves to fight newborns.

Appears in:: Part 2: Victoria's Shadow and Two Histories; Part 3: An Uneasy Alliance, a Tent in the Mountains
Themes:: Enemies making peace; Newborn rage and control

Seth Clearwater

The youngest wolf, eager to help, who guards Bella in the mountains, bonds with Edward, and kills Riley.

Appears in:: Part 3: An Uneasy Alliance, a Tent in the Mountains; Part 4: The Clearing, the Choice, the Goodbye
Themes:: Enemies making peace

Charlie Swan

Bella's father, who delivers Jacob's apology note and is upset, but eventually accepts, when Bella announces her engagement.

Appears in:: Part 1: The Note and the Confession; Part 4: The Clearing, the Choice, the Goodbye
Themes:: Growing up and letting go

Also in the story

Supporting characters

Rosalie Cullen

The Cullen who resents Bella's choice, having been attacked and left to die by Royce King II and his friends in 1930s Rochester. She treasures the humanity and motherhood she lost.

Appears in:: Part 2: Victoria's Shadow and Two Histories
Themes:: What immortality costs

Leah Clearwater

The pack member heartbroken by Sam who sympathizes with Jacob and openly hates Bella.

Appears in:: Part 4: The Clearing, the Choice, the Goodbye

How they are connected

Key relationships

Bella Swan Edward Cullen
She finally admits she loves them both, picks Edward, and sets her transformation in motion.
Edward Cullen Victoria
Bella's vampire fiancé, who suspects the Seattle murders are newborn vampires and fights Victoria to the death to protect Bella.
Jacob Black Bella Swan
The Quileute shape-shifter who confesses his love, gets a kiss, and loses Bella to Edward anyway.
Jacob Black Edward Cullen
The Quileute shape-shifter who confesses his love, gets a kiss, and loses Bella to Edward anyway.
Victoria Bella Swan
The vengeful vampire raising an army of newborns to kill Bella for James's death.
Rosalie Cullen Bella Swan
The Cullen who resents Bella's choice, having been attacked and left to die by Royce King II and his friends in 1930s Rochester.
Seth Clearwater Bella Swan
The youngest wolf, eager to help, who guards Bella in the mountains, bonds with Edward, and kills Riley.
Seth Clearwater Edward Cullen
The youngest wolf, eager to help, who guards Bella in the mountains, bonds with Edward, and kills Riley.
Leah Clearwater Bella Swan
The pack member heartbroken by Sam who sympathizes with Jacob and openly hates Bella.
Leah Clearwater Jacob Black
The pack member heartbroken by Sam who sympathizes with Jacob and openly hates Bella.
Charlie Swan Bella Swan
Bella's father, who delivers Jacob's apology note and is upset, but eventually accepts, when Bella announces her engagement.
Charlie Swan Jacob Black
Bella's father, who delivers Jacob's apology note and is upset, but eventually accepts, when Bella announces her engagement.

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Eclipse themes & symbols

Choosing between loves · What immortality costs · Enemies making peace · Newborn rage and control

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