The Only Use of
Rubicon
in
Jane Eyre
- A pause — in which I began to steady the palsy of my nerves, and to feel that the Rubicon was passed; and that the trial, no longer to be shirked, must be firmly sustained.
p. 78.8Rubicon = a metaphor for a line, that when crossed permits no return, resulting in irrevocable commitment
Definition:
river in northern Italy that, in ancient times, was the boundary between Italy and Gaul
or:
a metaphor for a line, that when crossed permits no return, resulting in irrevocable commitment (due to Caesar's having committed himself to war when he crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC)
or:
a metaphor for a line, that when crossed permits no return, resulting in irrevocable commitment (due to Caesar's having committed himself to war when he crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC)