Exile can lead one to feel many things, one of them is isolation. This can lead to inner conflict which can take a toll on an individual physically and mentally. They can become overwhelmed, bombarded with thoughts, trying to find a reason, a solution, and then having to fulfill that solution in order to feel whole again. However, if in the process of fulfillment things start to get awry, then the individual can be left feeling deceived either from another person or from themselves. In The Wife’s Lament, the first thing the Wife introduces is her exile, but in the context that she had never before been as isolated as she was in the story. As she goes on she states “Then I went forth a friendless exile/to seek service in my sorrow’s need.”