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Locked-in: the syndrome as depicted in literature.
[locked-in syndrome]
Protagonists
who
are
locked-
in
can
be
found
throughout
fiction
,
probably
because
being
locked-
in
serves
as
a
strong
philosophical
metaphor
for
human
existence
.
In
this
chapter
,
three
protagonists
who
are
locked-
in
due
to
physical
/
medical
reasons
will
be
described
.
The
fictitious
stories
of
Noirtier
from
The
Count
of
Monte
Cristo
by
Alexandre
Dumas
and
that
of
Madame
Raquin
from
Thérèse
Raquin
by
Émile
Zola
are
followed
by
the
real-life
story
of
Jean
-
Dominique
Bauby
's
The
Diving
Bell
and
the
Butterfly
.
Dumas
'
Noirtier
is
considered
the
first
description
of
the
locked-
in
syndrome
in
literature
,
and
Madame
Raquin
appears
to
be
locked-
in
also
,
but
her
description
leaves
many
questions
.
Bauby
's
autopathography
is
chosen
from
many
several
similar
discourses
as
it
contains
cross-references
to
Noirtier
,
Dumas
'
prototype
of
the
syndrome
,
but
also
because
it
is
of
high
literary
value
.
The
similarities
and
remarkable
differences
between
these
three
case
reports
of
this
existentialistically
important
state
of
being
will
be
highlighted
,
with
an
emphasis
on
the
focus
of
their
narratives
.