Why did Edward want to die?

Answer 1

yes he makes an attempt to kill himself when he thinks that Bella is dead. he goes to the volturi and tries to reveal imslelf in the sunlight if front of tourist who would see is shining skin.

Answer 2

His sister Alice has the ability to see the future. She saw a vision of when Bella jumped off the cliff, but she didnt see her getting out because Jacob, who is a werewolf and Alice cant see them, was the one who pulled Bella out. So Alice quickly went to Forks with just telling Rosalie. But then Rosalie contacted Edward - who was in South America at that time - to tell him that Bella is dead. Edward believed it. He didn't to live in a world where she doesn't exist so he went to the Volturi asking to be killed.

Answer 3

Edward was going to kill himself because Bella had gone and jumped off a cliff because she knew that she would hear Edwards voice if she did. Alice had a vision of Bella jumping and dying and told Rosalie and Rosalie told Edward that Bella had jumped off a cliff and died.....So Edward was so madly in love with Bella that thinking she was dead went to Volturi to kill himself because he couldn't live without Bella

Answer 4

Because, Bella jumped off a cliff and drowned, so he thought she was dead, and he wanted to die too, so he can join her in Heaven.