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             Leonce Pontellier also expects his wife to be submissive in every matter "from raising the boys the way he wants them to be raised to Edna's being the perfect hostess towards his friends to her sleeping with him whenever he wants her to. Edna does not wish to be the type of woman who is constantly be at her husband's beck and call, day in and day out. The example of her "disobedience- is shown when she vehemently refuses to go in the house, and instead, spends the night in a hammock outside: .
             "This is more than folly,"" Leonce blurted out. "I can't permit you to stay out there all night. You must come in the house instantly."" With a writhing motion she settled herself more securely in the hammock. She perceived that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant. She wondered if her husband had ever spoken to her like that before, and if she had submitted to his command "I mean to stay out here,"" she said. "I don't wish to go in, and I don't intend to. Don't speak to me like that again; I shall not answer you (Chopin 53)-. .
             One can see how Edna is beginning to break free of her husband's overbearing and controlling manner and presenting herself as a stronger, independent woman who is on the same level as her husband. .
             On the other hand, the reader is also shown Antoinette's inner mental conflicts in Wide Sargasso Sea. She thinks she has fallen in love with a kindhearted man who truly loves her for herself and not for her property. Instead, Rochester quickly takes control over all her money and her property, leaving her completely dependent on him. In a desperate attempt to keep him interested and "in love- with her, Antoinette begs Christophine to make a love potion for Rochester to drink: .
             " So you believe in that tim-tim story about obeah, you hear when you so high? Too besides, that is not for beke. Bad, bad trouble come when beke meddle with those things. You must, you must!.


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