The word “torment” is employed in literature as a multifaceted term that captures both physical affliction and inner emotional agony. In some works it conveys deliberate cruelty or punishment—for instance, a character questioning the morality of inflicting pain on a spouse ([1]) or suffering from a relentless internal ache that reduces intellectual capacity to mere feeling ([2]). At times, it illustrates the paradoxical interplay of pleasure and pain, as in the depiction of love’s dual nature ([3], [4]). Other narratives use the term to describe an overwhelming sense of mental or natural distress, whether it be the harsh glare of the sun causing discomfort ([5]) or the self-imposed anguish of a troubled soul ([6]). This broad usage reflects literature’s capacity to articulate the many dimensions of suffering and the human condition.