unravelling at the seams, rather than magically coming together again. Hemingway's realism always seems to ride upon a crest of surging cynicism.
Self-knowledge is also a key ingredient in Ibsen's drama, The Doll House. Ibsen uses the dramatic form to show his audience how Nora must stop playing the part of Torvald's little girl. She must stop stealing sweets and own up to the more serious aspects of life (Perrine 948). Ibsen presents Nora as a woman who is no longer willing to function as her husband's doll. When the door slams at the play's end the audience is reminded that each of us has a responsibility to choose our own destiny. Tennessee William's portrayal of Amanda Wingfield's children Tom and Laura in The Glass Menagerie are prime examples of how one must choose one's own destiny. Tom soon tires of supporting his manipulative mother and fragile sister Amanda. He cannot stand working any long in the factory. Eventually he is fired for writing a poem on the lid of a shoe-box (Perrine 1001). Like his father Tom is pushed away from
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