The word “anguish” is deployed by writers as a powerful shorthand for both visceral physical pain and the profound torment of the human soul. It appears as the crystallization of unbearable suffering, whether evoked in a moment of imminent death and unbearable fate [1] or in the subtle, internal battles of moral conflict and regret [2]. In some works, it underscores the tragic weight of loss or consequence, as characters yearn for relief from their ceaseless torment [3], while in others it vividly illustrates the primal, almost elemental force of despair that shapes human destiny [4]. Its varied use—from the explicit depiction of bodily torment to the more ineffable depths of emotional desolation—imbues narratives with a resonant gravity that continues to captivate readers [5] [6].