How do various male characters help establish Edna's options in life? Discuss specifics. Does her relationship with any of them push her towards becoming like one of the other women in the novella?

The two other major female characters probably do more to illustrate Edna's options in life as a woman in the late Victorian era (though in the American South, not in England). Adele Ratignolle is the perfect "mother-woman," who devotes her entire life to her husband and children. She is pregnant at the opening of the novel and sewing winter clothes for her children in the heat of summer. On the other hand, Mademoiselle Reisz is the solitary artist; her devotion is to her music, and Chopin suggests that she cannot have both a serious artistic career and a husband and family. It seems women must choose one or the other path. Edna presumes to be an artist (a painter) but is already married with two children. She is discouraged by her husband Leonce who says that she should be like Adele, only pursuing artistic endeavors to the extent that they benefit and entertain her family.
That said, the male characters mostly agree with Leonce that a woman's main concern should be her husband and family. Her father encourages Leonce to keep Edna on a tighter leash, so to speak, to not allow her to be as free and independent as she seems determined to be. The doctor her husband consults thinking she has mental problems implores her to "think of the children" when he senses she is going to do something drastic. Even Robert LeBrun, who Edna is in love with and wants to have a relationship with outside of her marriage, expects to marry her. Edna is done with the constraints of marriage and realizes Robert is just like all of the other men in her life. The only possible exception is Alcee Arobin, who is a notorious womanizer. He doesn't hold Edna or other women to the standards of the society; however, involvement with him basically ruins a woman's reputation. Ultimately, the men of Edna's society agree that she should be fully dedicated to her roles as wife and mother even though those roles are not naturally suited to her.