Krapp's Last Tape Summary
Samuel Beckett

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Krapp's Last Tape Summary

In Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (1971), the speaker expresses his weariness from ages of artistic trials as well as his excitement at the prospect of creating what will be his greatest work of art:

Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum,/ Dodging lions and wastin' time / Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see em. / Yes it sure has been a long, hard climb... / Someday...

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Samuel Beckett Biographies (5)

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Samuel (Barclay) Beckett

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Samuel (Barclay) Beckett

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Samuel Beckett

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Samuel Beckett

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Samuel Beckett and Krapp's Last Tape

671 words, approx. 3 pages

Michael Schell's dissection of Samuel Becket's work, offers us greater insights to Samuel Beckett as a person and as a writer. Perhaps the most interesting perception Schell offered was the "openness... Read more

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