The Seafarer And The Wife's Lament

In chapter 2, The Lost Mariner, Oliver Sacks had a patient named Jimmie G, who was a World War II veteran. He knew his name, ,hometown, and birthdate. He could tell Sacks about his early life and how he was serving in World War II. Jimmie G. suffered from Korsakov’s Syndrome, a rare condition, often brought on by alcohol, which failing the parts of the brain associated with memory. Sacks found a doctor’s report from 1971, pointed out that Jimmie was suffering from brain disease due to alcohol.

He also learns that his mother has married his uncle and is disillusioned by it. He feels this marriage as incestuous and indecent. He is so depressed seeing his mother’s marriage that his contempt towards the entire womankind becomes clear when he says-

Anglo-Saxon literature often expressed concepts of survival, battle, exile, male dominance in society, and loyalty to the lord. These aspects are strongly represented in both “The Wanderer” and “The Wife’s Lament”. Both elegies deliver themes of self-exile and the mourning of lost companions. Ideas of longing and alienation are present in these two Anglo-Saxon poems through use of figurative language, structure, point of view, comparison, and various other literary techniques.

There is a reason for the narrator’s “madness” and that is partly due to the fact that she had lost her child earlier in her life. The irony about this whole thing is that the room she is locked in is an old child’s nursery. The husband

The article Desperation at Sea by Rebecca Zissou tells us about people trying to escape war, poverty and natural disaster. First, on April 17, 2015 Ali 70 other migrants were migrating to Europe and start anew life but thousands of of people died trying to cross to Europe. Secondly, people were snuggled into plastic boats and abandon them to protect them selfs. Then, some passengers get to stay in Europe permanently. After that they need to find a job and often fight for it. Finally, this book was about escaping from their homeland.

In The Seafarer one difference is this is a self imposed exile. He was not forced to leave, he chose to leave. The speaker of The Seafarer says his journey is true and he remembers every little detail that happened to him while traveling the ocean in the middle of a cold winter. He experiences loneliness, and hatred for city people. He remembers his struggle through the long cold days. He believes he was called out and that is why he leaves his country. “Called me eagerly, sent me over the horizon.”

The speaker also talks of Nell, his ex-wife. Though there were things that annoyed him about her, he still speaks fondly of her. For instance, he remarks, "That's why Nell was good to have ‘round. She could be a pain in the ass, you know, like making me hang those stupid bells, but mostly she knew what to do." This allows the reader to see that the loss of his family has had a deep impact on him. He misses his wife and son and speaks of how families should be together, though his never will be again. This is what provokes him to do what he did next.

The speaker also talks of Nell, his ex-wife. Though there were things that annoyed him about her, he still speaks fondly of her. For instance, he remarks, "That's why Nell was good to have ‘round. She could be a pain in the ass, you know, like making me hang those stupid bells, but mostly she knew what to do." This allows the reader to see that the loss of his family has had a deep impact on him. He misses his wife and son and speaks of how families should be together, though his never will be again. This is what provokes him to do what he did next.

Exile is a similarity linking "Beowulf" and "The Wanderer" to one of the causes of life existence. Life existence in their lives deal with being banished, deported, and punished. The events of being exiled in these two poems add up to the reasoning behind life existence. The experience of exile, teaches them about life and to come across the importance of them suffering.

The only thing that we should worry about is our inevitable arrival to Heaven. Considering this, the seafarer’s ravenous travels could be a symbolic way of showing the journey and will of the human soul into the

The speaker also talks of Nell, his ex-wife. Though there were things that annoyed him about her, he still speaks fondly of her. For instance, he remarks, "That's why Nell was good to have ‘round. She could be a pain in the ass, you know, like making me hang those stupid bells, but mostly she knew what to do." This allows the reader to see that the loss of his family has had a deep impact on him. He misses his wife and son and speaks of how families should be together, though his never will be again. This is what provokes him to do what he did next.

his pride prevented him from asking to stay with her and he banished her. They are aware that he would need to live

The elegiac tone expressed in “The Wanderer” is that of loneliness and longing, and is recurring throughout the course of the poem. The main character’s apparent loneliness and longing is most evident when he wakes from his hope filled dreams which results in his “grief renewed” (line 44), because he always finds himself alone. However despite being alone, since the loss of his kin and lord to war, the wanderer cannot stop himself from hoping that he can one day find a place of belonging. This idea is referred in “the gift in the meadhall” (line 25) which in Anglo-Saxon times was a

In a similar fashion to other pieces of literature from this period, it was most likely passed around through word of mouth and was then eventually written by a Monk. This poem is highly spiritual and may have appealed to the Anglo-Saxon people as they felt a strong connection to God. Through the use of dualism, the speaker in “The Seafarer” strengthens the controlling metaphor, emphasizes the

Society has changed and it is now on the weak to survive because the rich are caring for them by providing money or food; they also throw money in people’s graves to guide them into heaven. The Seafarer knows better and genuinely misses those days, which is why he kept going out to the sea where there are no people bothering him; it is only him and the water. Furthermore, he felt excitement thinking about the sea and, he does not want to, but always felt a desire to go. ; it is like a burden he has to carry every new