I believe the grandmother refers to her daughter-in-law, the narrator's mother, as "her affliction."
Sorry, I'm not able to go in depth about as to why considering I haven't really read the story. Hope this is of some help though!
It is always difficult, and usually of questionable practicality, to attempt to judge contemporary standards of morality with those that existed thousands of years ago. To attempt to impose those modern standards on a work of ancient mythology, however, is a particularly dubious proposition. Nevertheless, there is much in Homer’s epic of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home to his wife and son that informs the reader of the cultural milieu in which The Odyssey...
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Can you describe the question more.
She was very lost. It was just a dream anyways
