Exile is often associated with loneliness and ostracism, but it can occasionally grant happiness. Exile is portrayed from two different viewpoints, one in The Wanderer and another in Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson. In The Wanderer the protagonist has chosen to exile himself from his home because his lord and fellow kinsmen have fallen in combat. He now searches for a new lord who will be able to bring back what he once knew. He searches and searches, but alas he fails. To contrast, in Ulysses, the protagonist exiles himself in a way because he decides that staying stationary, ruling over people he truly doesn't know, is crushingly boring. He decides to sail the seas once again with his shipmates until death finds him, but doing what he once loved and still has fondness for. Both stories of exile seem incredibly different, but both men share a motive. Through both of these poems, it is clearly visible that both warriors travel on the sea-road chasing and searching for one thing, happiness. The protagonist from The Wanderer and Ulysses, differ in a variety of ways but also share many qualities. First off, The warrior in The Wanderer searches for a new lord who will be able to provide him with a home and a new life within a kingdom as he states, "someone in a mead hall who knew of my people, or who'd want to comfort me, friendless, accustom me to joy. (lines 27-29). He wants his life back, he wants to "live"' again because he feels that his homeland is no longer suitable for him. He doesn't sail for sailing but rather to find somewhere he no longer feels the need to run. Ulysses, on the other hand, searches for the thrill of sailing and exploring the unknown once again. Ulysses even thinks that if he travels far enough or long enough, that his crew and him will be able to reach the ˜Happy Isles' which is the place where great heroes such as Achilles have gone after death, as he stated, "It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And s