Literary authors employ “purity” as a multifaceted symbol that can encapsulate moral integrity, aesthetic perfection, and even a form of unblemished national or personal identity. In some texts, the term is imbued with a sense of ethical or emotional correctness—a pristine state of conduct or spirit, as seen when personal chastity is linked to inner strength ([1], [2]). In other writings, purity becomes a measure of the unadulterated nature of art, language, or even physical substances, representing an ideal against which contamination is judged ([3], [4]). Moreover, purity is sometimes portrayed in a metaphorical manner, suggesting an untouched or lost state that evokes nostalgia for simpler, unspoiled times or ideals ([5], [6]). Thus, across disparate genres, authors deploy “purity” both as a literal descriptor and a symbolic framework for evaluating the human condition and its creations.