Repetition

Beckett utilizes repetition "Krapp's Last Tape." From the beginning, Krapp repeats "Box three, spool five. Spool. Spooool!" Krapp appears to have gone crazy. I have this impression because partly because he does eccentric things like strokes his banana before peeling it, gets mad at the boxes on the table ans sweeps them onto the floor, and talks to himself. While talking to himself, he continually repeats certain aspects that he either enjoys or does not understand. He enjoys the word "spool." He does not understand the significance of "memorable equinox." Repetition signifies importance. The importance of "moments" is made clear by the words repetition after the tape retells Krapp's experience with his mother dying and the "black ball." "Moments. Her moments, my moments. The dog's moments." Krapp is retelling his past year as a series of memories of the most important moments he has had. When his mother passed away, it was so important to him that he can still recall the feeling of the little, black, rubber ball that was in his hand when it occurred. He remembers everything about that moment, how when the blind went down, he just stood there with the dog pawing at the ball.

Another critical moment for the Krapp on tape as well as the current Krapp was his "farewell to love." Whatever "vision" the 39 year-old Krapp had was unimportant to the current Krapp, because he skipped over that part of the tape. The important part was the moment he had with this girl. Even though everything was "hopeless and no good going on," Krapp still remembers, thirty years later, that "under [them] all moved, and moved [them], gently, up and down, and from side to side."