Both Uses of
repress
in
Like Water for Chocolate
- Mama Elena threw her a look that seemed to Tita to contain all the years of repression that had flowed over the family, and said: “If he intends to ask for your hand, tell him not to bother. He'll be wasting his time and mine too. You know perfectly well that being the youngest daughter means you have to take care of me until the day I die.”
Chpt 1 *repression = subjugation (oppression that holds others down)
- Not for the castrating mother who had repressed Tita her entire life, but for the person who had lived a frustrated love.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(repress) to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)