Across literature, the term “penalty” has taken on a rich variety of meanings—from the harsh, literal imposition of death or exile to more abstract, metaphorical costs of sin, error, or social nonconformity. In some works, authors describe penalty as a strictly legal or regal punishment, as when a king orders death if a task is not completed or when laws impose severe fines or even execution [1, 2, 3]. In other texts, however, the word assumes a more philosophical and personal dimension, symbolizing the intrinsic cost of guilt, the burden of a flawed existence, or the inevitable price paid for deviating from accepted moral norms [4, 5, 6]. Whether casting penalty as divine retribution, societal condemnation, or the unavoidable consequence of human missteps, writers have used the term to underscore that every action, transgression, or personal failing exacts its own price [7, 8, 9].