All 3 Uses of
yoke
in
Jane Eyre
- I rested my temples on the breast of temptation, and put my neck voluntarily under her yoke of flowers.†
Chpt 32 *
- They were under a yoke, — I could free them: they were scattered, — I could reunite them: the independence, the affluence which was mine, might be theirs too.†
Chpt 33
- I should suffer often, no doubt, attached to him only in this capacity: my body would be under rather a stringent yoke, but my heart and mind would be free.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(yoke as in: the yoke of bondage) an oppressive burden