Krapp's Last Tape | Turning Away from Humanity
In this essay, Moran examines the
ways in which Beckett’s play explores a man’s
turning away from humanity to pursue his dreams of
artistic success.
In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), an autobiographical novel by Beckett’s fellow Irishman James Joyce the reader follows the artistic awakenings of Stephen Dedalus, who, as the novel progresses, becomes increasingly certain of what he sees as his destiny to become The Great Artist. Stephen is in constant rebellion against what he sees as the ‘‘nets’’ that attempt to ensnare artistic expression: Catholicism, nationalism, and creative conformity....
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