The role played by the statements "stormy calm" and "cautiously resolved" in the passage is "They contribute to explaining the decision that Joslyn has made".
The statements stormy calm and cautiously resolved both meant a state of mind in chaos for a period of time but later settled after sometime.
Stormy calm is a disturbed, destructive, unpleasant state which has become peaceful or quiet.
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