Both Uses of
oblivion
in
Jane Eyre
- His guest had been outraged, his own life on a former occasion had been hideously plotted against; and both attempts he smothered in secrecy and sank in oblivion!†
p. 244.3 *
- Let her identity, her connection with yourself, be buried in oblivion: you are bound to impart them to no living being.†
p. 356.3
Definition:
the state of being completely forgotten
or:
the state of being completely destroyed -- typically so as to no longer exist
or:
a state of having lost all sense of what is going on -- as during sleep or use of some drugs
or:
the state of being completely destroyed -- typically so as to no longer exist
or:
a state of having lost all sense of what is going on -- as during sleep or use of some drugs