Writers have long employed the term swoon to evoke the delicate interplay between physical collapse and overwhelming emotion. In many narratives, swoon signifies a literal loss of consciousness—characters fall prey to shock or injury, as when a figure “could neither recover nor complete the swoon” [1] or clings to his chair “to save himself from falling in a swoon” [2]. At the same time, authors use the word more figuratively to depict states of ecstatic delight or profound despair; one character, for instance, is described as being ready “to swoon” at the beauty surrounding him [3], while another’s fainting spell underscores the weight of sorrow or astonishment [4]. In both its literal and metaphorical applications, swoon serves to underscore a moment of vulnerability or emotional extremity, enriching the narrative with a palpable sense of human fragility.