I´m reading [this article](http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110000208692) and the
sentence below looks weird to me. I copied it as it is in this article:

> 拒否しよう **と** 決心した気持ちに **対抗できずに** 、言われるままに行動してしまう主人公の姿は、現代人の中にも根強く生きていると感じる。

There are some parts which I struggle with.

> 拒否しよう **と** 決心した気持ちに **対抗できずに**

I have trouble understanding the meanings of と and 対抗できずに.  
This seems illogical to me.  
What do you think about it?
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Isn't there something wrong in this sentence? Does 対抗できずに create semantic conflict?
> 「拒否しよう」と決心した気持ちに対抗できずに  
>  unable to beat/resist his/her (own) resolution to say no

  * 「拒否しよう」>> "I will refuse" "I won't obey" "I'll say no" 
  * と >> the case particle as a quotative marker 
  * 決心した気持ち >> determined mind, decision, resolution 
  * に対抗できずに ≒ に対抗できなくて/できないで >> "Not being able to beat/resist..." "Unable to beat/resist..." 

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Edit:

私には、「拒否しようと決心した気持ちに対抗できず」と「言われるままに行動してしまう」が、互いに相反する内容に思われて、なぜここで「対抗できず」という言葉が使われているか分かりません。どなたかお分かりになる方、ご回答くださいませんか。

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Update: I confirmed this with a Japanese language teacher so here's how I read
it:

As you can see, this is logically incompatible with the 言われるままに行動してしまう part. I
think the writer meant to write something like
拒否しようと決心した気持ちを[貫]{つらぬ}き通せずに、言われるままに行動してしまう主人公 (The hero, who ends up doing as
he is told, unable to act up to his resolution to say no), but chose the wrong
word 対抗 for some reason.
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