text: Samuel Beckett: Krapps last tape
  Posted by Sasha Foltynewicz at 6:59 AM
  Alex Alesi December 2, 2012 at 10:39 AM
  It didn't even occur to me that Krapp's "fire" might be alcohol; good idea. After all, drinking is the classic prescription for severe, unmanageable regret.
  And if they don't have booze, Beckett's other characters simply use other strategies—like cheerfulness, for Winnie—to avoid confronting reality.