Why was an exile considered lonely and vulnerable in anglo-saxon society?

a.) if a warrior was exiled, he was an easy target for marauders.
b.) men who were thrown from society were doomed to be either beaten or ignored until they died.
c.) outside of the relationship of comitatus, a man had no home, no protection, no lord.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny, am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, a. odysseus is fearful of the cyclops. b. is prideful and overly confident. c. has been weakened by the cyclops. d. has regrets about staying on the island.