In the novel, The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides describes the suicides of the Lisbon girls through the eyes of a group of teenage boys. Eugenides puts a large amount of symbolism within the pages to give further meaning to the events that happens in the novel. One of the piece of symbolism that is present is the novel is the idea of the Virgin Mary. This religious figure being present in the novel allows the reader to connect the ideas of the virgin-whore dichotomy to the novel. When apply this idea to the novel the audience can question if the Lisbon girls were really as pure as they seem on the outside to the teenage boys.
