All 6 Uses of
passive
in
Jane Eyre
- Yes, in a passive way: I make no effort; I follow as inclination guides me.†
Chpt 6 *
- My help had been needed and claimed; I had given it: I was pleased to have done something; trivial, transitory though the deed was, it was yet an active thing, and I was weary of an existence all passive.†
Chpt 12
- It was evident that in their former intercourse, the passive disposition of the one had been habitually influenced by the active energy of the other: whence then had arisen Mr. Rochester's dismay when he heard of Mr. Mason's arrival?†
Chpt 20
- I was glad to accept her hospitality; and I submitted to be relieved of my travelling garb just as passively as I used to let her undress me when a child.†
Chpt 21
- You sit quietly where I have placed you, and regard me with a weary, passive look.†
Chpt 27
- Because I know, or believe, Mr. Rochester is living: and then, to die of want and cold is a fate to which nature cannot submit passively.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(passive) accepting what happens without trying to take control or reacting strongly