“Mr. Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife. But her new and unexpected line of conduct completely bewildered him. It shocked him. Then her absolute disregard for her duties as a wife angered him. When Mr. Pontellier became rude, Edna grew insolent. She has resolved never to take another step back.” Page 61
This means that Edna before let her husband walk all over her and take control of everything, all with a smile on her face. Now, she has control of her actions and even though he would get angry with some of her decisions, she wouldn’t let him take control still. She would stand her ground from then on and never let him interfere with her decisions. Mr. Pontellier’s main focus was to figure out Edna’s motives for her behavior, but Edna just acted as if she had always been this aggressive about her choices.
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