Soru

Read the following passage from Kate Chopin’s 1899 novel *The Awakening* carefully before choosing the best answer.

[1] “Edna, dear, are you not coming in?” Léonce asked, after a
[2] longer interval of silence.
[3] “Not yet,” she answered.
[4] “Do you know it is past one o’clock? Come on, dear. It is
[5] late; and feel the humidor—the dampness in the air.”
[6] “It is delightful; it is not damp.”
[7] “Edna, go in the house. It is folly in you to sit out here,
[8] exposing yourself in that way.”
[9] “Léonce, go to bed,” she said. “I mean to stay out here. I
[10] don’t wish to go in, and I don’t intend to. Don’t speak to me
[11] like that again; I shall not answer you.”
[12] Léonce went into the house, and Edna was left alone. She
[13] lay swinging in the hammock. The wine she had drunk
[14] increased her desire for rest, but she felt a feverish stir of
[15] life within her that would not be quieted. She could hear the
[16] crash of the water on the beach, and the sea breeze was
[17] cooling and refreshing.
[18] After a few moments Léonce returned to the veranda. He
[19] did not go to bed, nor did he speak to Edna. He had a glass
[20] of wine in his hand, which he sipped slowly. He lit a cigar
[21] and sat down in a wicker rocker, placing his feet upon the
[22] railing. He looked out into the darkness, humming a low
[23] tune.
[24] “Do you want some wine, Edna?” he asked, after a time.
[25] “No,” she replied.
[26] He did not ask her again, but remained smoking and
[27] drinking his wine. Edna did not move. A feeling of intense
[28] rebellion rose within her, but she felt too weary to express
[29] it. They sat there in the darkness, side by side yet utterly
[30] remote from one another, until the cigar was burned to an
[31] ash and the glass was empty. Only then, when Léonce stood
[32] up and went inside, did Edna follow him, her resistance
[33] spent.

Which of the following dynamics of the marital conflict do Léonce’s actions upon returning to the veranda (lines 18–33) primarily reveal?