Krapp's Dilemma

I think we all suffer from having good times and bad. Yeah, that's right. We suffer because of all the ghastly GOOD times and the brilliant BAD ones.

What am I talking about?

We live life. In it, we experience moments and situations which can either be labelled as PLEASANT and UNPLEASANT.

• "In order for there to be a good moment, there must be a bad moment to make it so."
• "All good things must come to an end."
• "What goes up, must come down."

If we think about these expressions we realize that we are always going to be stuck in this cycle.

When watching Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape I asked myself why would Krapp listen to his recordings after so many years.

I started thinking about Krapp's character. Old. Unstable. Disturbed. He's clearly depicting a state of "bad."

Just like everything and everyone in life, he probably had a "good" period. Maybe this is what Krapp is doing by listenning to his recordings so ferverously. He is trying to grasp and remember the good times as a way to escape the life that he is living.

For whom is Krapps making his recordings for???? I hope in class we discuss this.