A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER EXPERIENCED BY LISBON’S DAUGHTERS THAT LEADS THEM TO COMMIT SUICIDES IN SOFIA COPPOLA’S MOVIE THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

Abstract

There is a lot of literary work that can be found as a reference in writing the
article. In this article, the writer decided to choose film as a main resource of
writing. The main reason for choosing The Virgin Suicides film is because there is a lesson that can be taken from the movie. The Virgin Suicides is a well-structured movie that tells the genesis series of successive film stories starting from authoritarian parents and emotional abuse from the parents until the effects of those behaviors on the children. Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon create rigid and strict rules causing their children to live under pressure, living with major depression, borderline personality disorder, and even the worst part, they commit suicides (suicidal behavior). In analyzing this movie, the writer uses a psychological approach because the movie is related to the psychological disorder of Lisbon sisters. In relating with that, the writer elaborates the behavior changes of Lisbon sisters as a result of parental methods which are being too over protective.. There are symptoms that Lisbon sisters show due to their suffering from psychological disorder. Due to authoritarian rules and emotional abuse from the parents, the children live under pressure causing several bad effects such as depression, borderline personality disorder, and, the worst case, commiting a suicide.