The word "arraign" has been employed in a variety of literary contexts, often extending beyond its strict legal meaning to include broader notions of accusation, responsibility, and criticism. In José Rizal's work, it is used literally to suggest being brought before tribunals to face accountability [1]. Meanwhile, writers such as Emerson and Burns use it metaphorically to indict society or nature itself, expressing displeasure and demanding a reckoning [2, 3]. In Daniel Defoe’s narratives and Congreve’s plays, the term appears to list or denote those who are called out or held responsible, whether in the context of pirate adventures or critical commentary on personal taste [4, 5, 6]. Even in Goethe’s translation of Faust, the word captures a tone of exasperated defiance, as characters invoke it in a plea to be judged by others [7]. This range of usage illustrates the dynamic evolution of "arraign" from a formal legal verb to a versatile term in literary expression.