Both Uses of
yoke
in
Julius Caesar
- — speaking of Brutus, And groaning underneath this age's yoke, Have wish'd that noble Brutus had his eyes.†
Scene 1.2 *
- Let it be who it is: for Romans now Have thews and limbs like to their ancestors; But, woe the while! our fathers' minds are dead, And we are govern'd with our mothers' spirits; Our yoke and sufferance show us womanish.†
Scene 1.3
Definition:
-
(yoke as in: the yoke of bondage) an oppressive burden