Articulating Exile, Bereavement, and Spiritual Enhancement in The Wanderer
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The key purpose of this article is to investigate how The Wanderer, an Old English elegiac poem, epitomizes the protagonist’s reflections on his afflictive encounters with the repercussions of exile and bereavement necessitated by turbulent, tragic battles. Furthermore, the paper scrutinizes how he regenerates a vigorous, spiritual response to overcome these distressing ordeals of life during his sea voyage. Numerous textual evidences show his relentless search for undertaking his fated, grief-stricken circumstances with stoic forbearance and wise acceptance. Hence, the poem embodies an implicative, spiritual wayfaring of the Wanderer, which certainly features an internal procedure of forbearing the hard times imposed by both the separation and deprivation of his precedent exuberance and stability. Despite the recurring elegiac motif inherent in the poem, a number of other textual instances also reveal the Wanderer’s vibrant response to such a depressing mood, which enables him to bring forth an enhancement into his mind. He enlarges his despondent perspectives of the transitory facets of this world into an unswerving credence in the religious dimension of immortality, whereby exhilarating his spiritual vigor and reinforcement.
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The key purpose of this article is to investigate how The Wanderer, an Old English elegiac poem, epitomizes the protagonist’s reflections on his afflictive encounters with the repercussions of exile and bereavement necessitated by turbulent, tragic battles. Furthermore, the paper scrutinizes how he regenerates a vigorous, spiritual response to overcome these distressing ordeals of life during his sea voyage. Numerous textual evidences show his relentless search for undertaking his fated, grief-stricken circumstances with stoic forbearance and wise acceptance. Hence, the poem embodies an implicative, spiritual wayfaring of the Wanderer, which certainly features an internal procedure of forbearing the hard times imposed by both the separation and deprivation of his precedent exuberance and stability. Despite the recurring elegiac motif inherent in the poem, a number of other textual instances also reveal the Wanderer’s vibrant response to such a depressing mood, which enables him to bring forth an enhancement into his mind. He enlarges his despondent perspectives of the transitory facets of this world into an unswerving credence in the religious dimension of immortality, whereby exhilarating his spiritual vigor and reinforcement.
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