I only read the first book and thought the writing was pretty terrible- most of the characters other than Edward and Bella seemed like afterthoughts, and everyone gave Bella way more attention than she deserved. (But maybe it gets better later?) Meyers made references to Romeo and Juliet, but do you think the other similarities are intentional?
It’s a really interesting idea, though. Twilight might get a whole generation of readers interested in Shakespeare. Or maybe his writing is so familiar that modern day writers owe a huge debt to him for unintentionally re-using his themes and plots. Then again, I just read The seven basic plots and I’m seeing archetypes everywhere.
Great question!